skate.101 Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 I have a SeaGate 500GB portable hard drive and my computer's hard disk is only 90 GB (All drives combined) so i store all the anime on my portable harddrive and it is connected to my pc 24/7 so i wanted to ask will this reduce its life??i sometimes end up doing computer for around 12 hours and i have to keep it connected as almost all my data is in it so is this safe???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBeSmokin Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 I have a SeaGate 500GB portable hard drive and my computer's hard disk is only 90 GB (All drives combined) so i store all the anime on my portable harddrive and it is connected to my pc 24/7 so i wanted to ask will this reduce its life??i sometimes end up doing computer for around 12 hours and i have to keep it connected as almost all my data is in it so is this safe???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 One of my externals stores a lot of my files and thus is constantly plugged it and has been for over three years. I only ever shut my computer down in case of storms, going on vacation trips, or needing to restart it. So pretty much the HHD is always on and it still works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renzourin Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 my computer gets shut off once every 5 to 6 days and my external works great still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggman15 Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I had a 250 GB going for close to 5 years... Still works great... I say had because I recently upgraded to a 2TB drive and gave the old one away a few months ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glomag Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 As I understand it, the two main things that can reduce the lifespan of spinning drives besides random mechanical or electrical failures are physical shock and thermal cycling. If your external is on your desk try not to bump into it or shake the desk while it is running. Heat is usually less of an issue unless the drive is getting up around 140F. External drives are almost exactly the same as internal drives so they are no more or less likely to fail from being left on all the time. I have a 160Gb internal drive that has been running fine 24x7 for almost seven years now but I have also had several newer drives fail.All hard drives do fail eventually so make sure you have backups of your important data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggman15 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Speaking of Random Mechanical or electrical failures... My 2TB external just bit the dust about an hour ago.... I essentially lost 1.5 TB's of Anime and a bunch of games.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koby Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Speaking of Random Mechanical or electrical failures... My 2TB external just bit the dust about an hour ago.... I essentially lost 1.5 TB's of Anime and a bunch of games....It's in case of something like this that I burn all my stuff as back-up in 'data' format to discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggman15 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 I did up until I got my new drive... I never had any problems with the old one... Stupid me I guess...Not too big a deal, My brother has about 85% of my anime collection(just a guess)... and the games arn't that big a loss... Most of them were small and I have them all bookmarked... So, I just need to save back a little cash and get a new drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthullu Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Discs arent that great either ive got some 5-6 year old dvds and about half of them no longer work, guess I shouldave got the more expensive ones aye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggman15 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well... Out of boredom, I have started going through my Anime Backups from before I got my External... Just looking for something to watch while I re-Download some of the Anime that was waiting to be watched on said External Drive.... I'd say I have Half maybe less but nearly half right here sitting in Spindals... I have all of the Gundam series Minus Unicorn... Which I'm starting to order on DVD anyway...I Think I'll start with Darker than black... on another note... Anyone in KC wanna go to the burial? I'll be throwing my External drive in the dumpster tomorrow. Anyone is welcome to watch... It'll only take a minute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skate.101 Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Well... Out of boredom, I have started going through my Anime Backups from before I got my External... Just looking for something to watch while I re-Download some of the Anime that was waiting to be watched on said External Drive.... I'd say I have Half maybe less but nearly half right here sitting in Spindals... I have all of the Gundam series Minus Unicorn... Which I'm starting to order on DVD anyway...I Think I'll start with Darker than black... on another note... Anyone in KC wanna go to the burial? I'll be throwing my External drive in the dumpster tomorrow. Anyone is welcome to watch... It'll only take a minute...Isnt there any warranty or some thing ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggman15 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 There is, but your supposed to keep the receipt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muiki Sama Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I have had two externals for about a year and the only reason one of them is failing is because of my moving across half the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skate.101 Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 There is, but your supposed to keep the receipt...LOL ..... or may be not I myself dont have the receipt .... lets hope my portable hold on FOREVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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