Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 13th 18, 01:47 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 72
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 6th 18, 02:15 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 72
Views: 3,494
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 2nd 18, 02:36 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 72
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"Why I Will Never Buy a Hard Drive Again"
On 8/15/2018 12:04 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
However, my office pc will not address the 8 TB internal drive.* It will
address the 4 TB internal drive though.* So, my conclusion is that my 5
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 29th 18, 12:06 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,306
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 29th 18, 12:05 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,180
Is Seagate into the data selling "business" ?
I'll have to start Truecrypting everything.
Yes! It's the way. Just in case the computer gets stolen.
Also, I have my important stuff in a truecrypt file and copy it onto 3
thumb drives which...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 14th 18, 11:02 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,491
Do you stress test your new drives?
On 3/14/2018 3:34 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
It's always a bit of a gamble whatever you do, that's what backups
(etc.) are for. I don't think that repeating the initial tests that
the...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 14th 18, 10:56 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,491
Do you stress test your new drives?
On 3/14/2018 3:30 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
I certainly expect that the HDD manufacturer would then run a burn-in
test on their finished HDDs to make sure that they are in good order
before...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 14th 18, 01:17 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,491
Do you stress test your new drives?
On 3/13/2018 3:09 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
I'd say that if you need to stress test your HDDs, then you don't
trust the manufacturer, in which case that prompts the question of
why you...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
March 13th 18, 10:03 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,491
Do you stress test your new drives?
Yes!
I always run a full self-test. This can be done from the drive maker's
utility, or a program such as HD Sentinel.
I caught 2 drives this way, which I sent back.
--
Ed Light
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 20th 17, 08:00 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 987
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 14th 17, 05:46 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 911
SSD health check utilities?
VanguardLH, you're way ahead of me!
Under Advanced config options, the health calcuation algorithm currently selected in my setup is "Analyse data field (default)". I'm using the
more strict...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 13th 17, 07:57 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 911
SSD health check utilities?
HD Sentinel's SSD health rating is misguided. He uses the life remaining
SMART number. So as soon as the life remaining in the SSD is 99%, it
gets derated.
To keep the tray icon from going yellow,...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 8th 17, 08:20 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 933
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
November 8th 17, 02:18 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 933
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 28th 17, 07:35 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 911
SSD health check utilities?
I think I'll replace mine, assuming it hasn't thrown up any concerns, at
15% life.
--
Ed Light
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 27th 17, 11:40 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 8
Views: 911
SSD health check utilities?
HD Sentinel is following the life remaining SMART attribute, and as soon
as that's down to 99% it demotes the drive's Health rating.
But life remaining is not an error gauge. The life remaining...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 13th 17, 11:04 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,014
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
October 13th 17, 05:21 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,014
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 10th 17, 10:30 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,002
WD Green sleep timeout
On 7/9/2017 9:17 PM, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Thanks. Then I'll stick with black!
Are they kind of noisy?
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Ed Light
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
July 8th 17, 03:32 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,002
WD Green sleep timeout
On 7/7/2017 11:56 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
I wish that WD sold a WD Blue drive in 8 TB.
Lynn
I had a WD Blue 7200rpm 1T drive start to go bad, and got a current one
to replace it. I didn't...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
May 16th 17, 01:34 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,006
SSD questions
SSD, being electonic, could fail. I would always use a surge protector.
If you're going to have the systems for both the desktop & laptop on
there, on separate partitions, you'll need something...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 13th 17, 06:45 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 9
Views: 915
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 13th 17, 03:21 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 9
Views: 915
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 6th 17, 07:40 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,359
WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
Rereading, I see I wasn't clear!
On the refurbished drive WD sent me, the SMART data for maximum
temperature over lifetime was 55C.
Looking at my other drive of that same model, it's never been...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
January 5th 17, 02:20 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,359
WD external 6 TB USB drive DOA
No, the smart showed 55C as the maximum temperature during its lifetime.
It was real clean and has gone for the equivalent of 2 years 24/7.
On 1/4/2017 12:55 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 1/3/2017...
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