HDD Failiure

[Spearball]

Is it true that defragmenting or formating your hard drive a lot can damage it. This is what i heard people say but im not sure if its true now. For my opinion i would say no because you hard drive is made to do all these things. Im sure their tested before they sell the hdd.

What do you guys think about this?:confused:

[TwoRails]

In a word, No. That's (file movement) what they are designed for.

[Gizmo]

Too much defragmentation can cause your filing system to get confused and become corrupted, which is why you should only defrag at least once a month. I've just defragged mine actually, and it's improved the OS performance a bit. But no, it's impossible to damage a hard drive through too much defragging and formatting.

[Panama Red]

Too much defragmentation can cause your filing system to get confused and become corrupted, which is why you should only defrag at least once a month.

Got any collaborative references for this info, Gizmo? Me thinks you're leg has been pulled!;)

[Gizmo]

Nope, not right now, but come to think of it that's true for FAT32 not NTFS, considering it's more robust. D'oh! I think I've had too many late nights.

[TwoRails]

I defrag at least one a week, and more depending on what I'm doing...

[rspassey]

Twice a week for me, never on any harddrive I have had, has it been damaged due to Defragging.

[jfk]

I defrag at LEAST twice per week, as well as every time I add or remove a program.

[not important]

I thought I was a bit anal about defragging but I see I'm not the only one who defrags several times a week.

[12twelve12]

Mine is set up to defrag everytime my screensaver comes on. It's a bit overkill and I certainly don't need it done that often but it's a setting I decided to try one day and I just kind of left it like that. No damage here. :)

[glc]

I use Diskeeper Pro and it defrags itself when it needs it - usually about once or twice a day.