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Hard Drive I/O error
iindigo:
The only time my drives have ever had I/O errors was when they were getting ready to die.
fohfoh:
--- Quote from: iindigo on October 23, 2011, 10:05:00 PM ---The only time my drives have ever had I/O errors was when they were getting ready to die.
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I must admit, that is very logical sounding... too bad things these days are created to artificially die early to reduce costs and to keep a long and steady income stream for companies.
Freedom Kira:
Not exactly. Reliability is a fickle thing with hardware. Some stuff just dies really early on in the life - it's called infant mortality. The stuff that lasts beyond this period typically last until the wearing out phase; any that die between the infant mortality and wearing out phases die by random, unpredictable events (or Murphy's Law).
AceHigh:
It can die, but not before I extract the stuff I need from it. >:(
I have a feeling you guys are right though. I ran some HD tool software on it and it couldn't even extract SMART history. It does seem to be an early mortality... yet not early enough for a warranty it seems.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on October 23, 2011, 10:36:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: iindigo on October 23, 2011, 10:05:00 PM ---The only time my drives have ever had I/O errors was when they were getting ready to die.
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I must admit, that is very logical sounding... too bad things these days are created to artificially die early to reduce costs and to keep a long and steady income stream for companies.
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Consumers are partly responsible though. Too many people want cheap crap so companies get those crap shops in China to ship them some cheap crap. Even then they don't get that much profit, as shown by Dell and HP.
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