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05-25-2008, 12:04 AM
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Multiple format = HD failure?
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.
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05-25-2008, 12:22 AM
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Formatting often in a short period shouldnt harm the drive, most likely your firenind drive juat happened to fail at that time.
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05-25-2008, 12:27 AM
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A hard drive failure is caused by a physical failure and not how the zeros and ones are arranged on the platter.
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05-25-2008, 10:13 AM
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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.
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05-25-2008, 05:50 PM
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Ha ha thanks
Also, is it a good idea to basically resolve to Reformat for any ailments? |
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05-25-2008, 06:15 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Just what are you getting at? Why so much interest in reformatting?
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05-25-2008, 08:12 PM
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Just asking since it seem versatile
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05-25-2008, 08:41 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Quote:
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