Powerbook HDD Question

[cypher]

I had a powerbook g4 1.33ghz and the hdd quit on me in the 13th month. I used to do a lot of downloading and moving of large files consistantly and was wondering if this could have been the cause for the hdd failure. I bought a new powerbok recently and would not want the same thing to happen to it again.

Thanks!!

[Rod Rod]

I had a powerbook g4 1.33ghz and the hdd quit on me in the 13th month. I used to do a lot of downloading and moving of large files consistantly and was wondering if this could have been the cause for the hdd failure. I bought a new powerbok recently and would not want the same thing to happen to it again.

Thanks!!HDD failures happen sooner or later. It's unpredictable. That's why it's a good idea to have a backup strategy. I've had a HDD failure in a 12" PowerBook G4 and an external FireWire case. The enemies of hard drives are heat, movement and time.

[Bear]

HDD failures happen sooner or later. It's unpredictable. That's why it's a good idea to have a backup strategy. I've had a HDD failure in a 12" PowerBook G4 and an external FireWire case. The enemies of hard drives are heat, movement and time.And an occaisional manufacturing flaw.

I've had drives die in a short itme frame and I've had dirves that have lasted years. You just never know when one might die.

So backups are indeed your friend.

[cypher]

But will not doing HD intensive tasks on my PB help in extendng the life of the HD?