I'm not sure why I said that.
Using a hdd for backups is fine unless you really think you have a chance of dropping the drive. It will take years for the hard drive to fail but it still happens. If you are truly concerned, then you should use flash drives, DVD's, or Solid-state drives.
Last edited by silent h3ro; 12-28-2007 at 10:32 PM.
I've never had a HDD- internal or external- fail, so I consider them to be fine.*
Naturally, the possibility exists, so I'd also recommend burning any really critical files to disk as well.
*I upgrade components on a fairly regular basis and don't keep drives around for more than a year or two at most.
This probably helped my track record.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
It's just not mechanical failure. If it's an active, live hard drive there is always the risk that the data will be lost, possibly do to viruses, and that other "stupid" stuff that just happens by mistake.
As I said in my first post in this thread,
and Clocker just recommended, "I'd also recommend burning any really critical files to disk as well".
If this hard drive is just for general storage, I'd highly recommend that you consider buying an additional internal drive instead. You'd still maintain the ability to archive the data, but you'd have the flexibility and speed that goes along with an internal drive.
Hard drives are cheap while my time grows increasingly precious.
Also, I was in the business and didn't pay retail.
We used to get lots of older systems in for recycling.
Many of these had semi-decent drives that had died but the owner never pursued warranty replacement.
We would.
My buddy just found a PC with two dead 74GB Raptors, both of which were still under warranty.
For the cost of shipping, he now has two brand new, very fast drives.
Not bad for $10.
Most brand name RAM comes with a lifetime warranty, so the same procedure applies.
In general, people are uninformed, lazy and yes, sometimes just stupid, and you can benefit from their lapses if you take the time and do the research.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
Damn! I'm in the wrong industry!
Nah, the computer biz sucks, especially at the retail level.
Then again, I suspect that anything at the retail level is pretty bad.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
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