Multiple format = HD failure?

[Ahura]

Something my friend told me. He said that a friend of his reformat like several times in a short period or period, and then one time the HD just died. This got me curious because I kind of like to resolve to reformat.

So, is it?

[liambl]

Formatting often in a short period shouldnt harm the drive, most likely your firenind drive juat happened to fail at that time.

[David M]

A hard drive failure is caused by a physical failure and not how the zeros and ones are arranged on the platter.

[TwoRails]

That one goes into the same category of defragging hurts a drive. Formatting is the same as normal use in that you are simply writing to the drive. If you do a surface scan as well, all you're doing is verifying that everything is good.

[Ahura]

Ha ha thanks

Also, is it a good idea to basically resolve to Reformat for any ailments?

[Cricket]

Just what are you getting at? Why so much interest in reformatting?

:) Cricket

[Ahura]

Just asking since it seem versatile

[Cricket]

Just asking since it seem versatileVersatile? Do you understand what formatting is for? High-level formatting. (http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/geom/formatHigh-c.html)

:) Cricket