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  • vic_vega
    Platinum Member
    Platinum Member
    • May 2003
    • 179

    Hard Drive Question..

    Ok, I am probably right when I say that ripping alot of big files, and converting all the time, with all kinds of videos, etc, etc. Wears down your hard drive, and eventually wear out.

    Am I correct? Because I don't know a whole lot about the specifications of hard drives, and what wears them down. And if so, I think that I am going to cut down on big video stuff.

    (although as a side note, I would like to say that I DO keep up my hard drive, and clean it once/twice daily, and I don't mean using some anti-virus software, I mean I clean it up manually, etc.) So would this be a factor? (keeping the hard drive in good shape)
  • WildmanJoe
    Super Member
    Super Member
    • Jan 2003
    • 283

    #2
    Let me put it this way:

    Regardless of whether or not you are doing anything on your hdd, it still spins at 7200rpm. A hdd is meant for storage, meaning you have to read/write to it. Although constant writing to it may eventually wear it down (I'm talking about large files here ~GBytes), if it is meant to fail you, it will fail you.

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    • rsquirell
      Digital Video Master
      Digital Video Master
      • Feb 2003
      • 1329

      #3
      Two words...Western Digital

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      • littlemouse
        Setaeriper
        • Aug 2003
        • 119

        #4
        Keep your hard-drive in sharp with Norton SystemWorks. My hard-drives never betray me; they still good after 3 years... I think hard-drives are happy with Norton SystemWorks, so they live longer...
        Those who can, do. Those who wonder why, help.
        Where can you find the best DVD backup software? Please click here

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        • vic_vega
          Platinum Member
          Platinum Member
          • May 2003
          • 179

          #5
          Hey thanks LittleMouse.

          Rsuirell, I think that my hard drive is A western-digital, the name of it under it's property is: WDC WD1000BB-00CAA1, and someone told me that that name sounds like a Western - Digital name (I think because of the WD part)

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          • vic_vega
            Platinum Member
            Platinum Member
            • May 2003
            • 179

            #6
            Yeah, there is nothing wrong with my hard-drive, but I was just curious as to how converting,and passing around big vid files affects hard drives.

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            • nzjacob
              Member
              Member
              • Jul 2003
              • 92

              #7
              Do what I did.

              Go get a Firewire 800 - 500GB LaCie External

              60MB/s plus I can take it around with me (Kinda)

              This has ment I keep my all important system drive out of the way of all the ripping/encoding/decoding/editing/etc etc

              Of course if you dont have a firewire 800 card, you will ahve to caugh up for one too, but trust me - best way to play digitally.

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              • littlemouse
                Setaeriper
                • Aug 2003
                • 119

                #8
                Back to the first post, I think many factors can wear down your hard-drive daily. It doesn't matter that you use internal or external hard-drive. I don't know how to keep my in good sharp (really). I use two internal hard-drive (Western Digital), one is 80 GB (drive C) and the other 200GB for copy and store DVD movies. I try to do these things on the regular basic:
                - Don't open and use many applications at the same time
                - Optimize the hard-drive with Norton SystemWorks once a month.
                - Leave 20% space for hard-drive
                - Don't install many applications (as least as possible )
                - Use Norton Disk Doctor every three months
                I accept the logic reason that everything has born will die someday (even human's life). So no matter how much we try, the hard-drive will be dead one day...
                Those who can, do. Those who wonder why, help.
                Where can you find the best DVD backup software? Please click here

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                • Oriphus
                  Digital Video Technician
                  Digital Video Technician
                  • Aug 2003
                  • 405

                  #9
                  What way is the hd formated - NTFS or Fat32?
                  http://www.dvd-backup.tk

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                  • littlemouse
                    Setaeriper
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 119

                    #10
                    If you want to DO movies, you NEED to format the hard-drive to NTFS. Fat32 will not store the big movie files, it's bad as food's left outside the refrigerator for over one week.
                    Of course, my hard-drives are NTFS..
                    Last edited by littlemouse; 2 Sep 2003, 04:41 PM.
                    Those who can, do. Those who wonder why, help.
                    Where can you find the best DVD backup software? Please click here

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                    • Oriphus
                      Digital Video Technician
                      Digital Video Technician
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 405

                      #11
                      Yeah - fat32 is pretty useless since it wont handle 4GB files
                      http://www.dvd-backup.tk

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                      • The Edge
                        Digital Video Expert
                        Digital Video Expert
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 610

                        #12
                        Just get 12Gb of RAM and make a ramdrive.
                        No moving parts = no wear/tear!

                        Edge
                        "…I know the industry is formally opposed to that kind of thing [bootlegging] but I'm not. I don't have a problem with it at all." -- Paul McGuiness"

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                        • Oriphus
                          Digital Video Technician
                          Digital Video Technician
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 405

                          #13
                          Yeah, i dont have a couple of grand to spend unfortuntely or i wouldve done that
                          http://www.dvd-backup.tk

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