Say "Good Bye" to HDD.

[dogechode]

All I'm saying is I think easily 90+% of computer users could get by just fine with 200-300 gigs of storage space if they weren't total digital packrats.

[guybrushthreepwood]

All I'm saying is I think easily 90+% of computer users could get by just fine with 200-300 gigs of storage space if they weren't total digital packrats.

It's not uncommon for people to have a terrabyte or two of storage. People are obviously buying them for many reasons. People with large music collections will easily need more than 200-300, especially if you've ripped them in lossless format.

[dogechode]

I'm glad I don't have those problems. Then what do you do, have an extra terabyte for backup? Or just cry for a week when the hdd dies and you lose everything lol?

[hilariousandco]

I'm glad I don't have those problems. Then what do you do, have an extra terabyte for backup? Or just cry for a week when the hdd dies and you lose everything lol?

You should always have a back up of your stuff. Just don't wait to learn the hardway. I'd recommend buying a Blu-ray writer and backing up your stuff to Blu ray discs as well as an extra measure. That's what I do.

[Snorek]

I'm glad I don't have those problems. Then what do you do, have an extra terabyte for backup? Or just cry for a week when the hdd dies and you lose everything lol?

Well in my case for the past ten years not a single hard drive has died. As for my friends they also never mentioned any major problems with HDD, so maybe it doesn't happen too often.

[hilariousandco]

I'm glad I don't have those problems. Then what do you do, have an extra terabyte for backup? Or just cry for a week when the hdd dies and you lose everything lol?

Well in my case for the past ten years not a single hard drive has died. As for my friends they also never mentioned any major problems with HDD, so maybe it doesn't happen too often.

Not if you drop it or a tiny bit of dust gets into it. I had a couple die and I know other people who have had a couple die on them too. It's surprising they last as long as they do given the fragile moving parts they have, but they're not indestructible and I'd make sure you have back-ups of your stuff before you tempt fate.

[dogechode]

Backing up a terabyte to optical media has got to take a lot of time and effort lol. I think I'll just stick to using a sane amount of storage space and only backing up the few critical items that I would be upset about losing. Oh, and using SSDs with no moving parts. That too.

[Snorek]

Not if you drop it or a tiny bit of dust gets into it. I had a couple die and I know other people who have had a couple die on them too. It's surprising they last as long as they do given the fragile moving parts they have, but they're not indestructible and I'd make sure you have back-ups of your stuff before you tempt fate.

If you drop a hard drive no wonder But I guess if you drop the SSD the same can happen.
As for doing back ups I don't have that important things on my PC (well maybe just one good porn movie )

[snaildvorak]

I'am still using HDD because it's way cheaper than SSD! so no good bye from me 

[pekv2]

on prices, if you have a microcenter near you, sometimes they have very nice walk in deals. ssd's, processors ect.

[hilariousandco]

Not if you drop it or a tiny bit of dust gets into it. I had a couple die and I know other people who have had a couple die on them too. It's surprising they last as long as they do given the fragile moving parts they have, but they're not indestructible and I'd make sure you have back-ups of your stuff before you tempt fate.

If you drop a hard drive no wonder But I guess if you drop the SSD the same can happen.
As for doing back ups I don't have that important things on my PC (well maybe just one good porn movie )

They don't have any moving parts though do they? I guess that makes them a lot more resistant to drops etc. You sometimes only have to knock it and it can fuck up the read/write needle (or whatever it is)/

[dogechode]

I have had one or two HDDs that just died for no apparent reason over the years. They were not dropped, they were just sitting in my desktop and one day decided to retire without any physical incident.

[hilariousandco]

I have had one or two HDDs that just died for no apparent reason over the years. They were not dropped, they were just sitting in my desktop and one day decided to retire without any physical incident.

They can die just from getting dust in them apparently (though it's quite hard for dust to actually get into them), not to mention anything with fragile moving parts will break eventually.


http://www.computertipsfor.me/what-causes-hard-drives-to-fail/

[BurtW]

it can fuck up the read/write needle (or whatever it is)

I see where you get your user name.

[fattypig]

I have had one or two HDDs that just died for no apparent reason over the years. They were not dropped, they were just sitting in my desktop and one day decided to retire without any physical incident.

They can die just from getting dust in them apparently (though it's quite hard for dust to actually get into them), not to mention anything with fragile moving parts will break eventually.


http://www.computertipsfor.me/what-causes-hard-drives-to-fail/

My mining room is so dusty but none of the HDD fail, so dead by dust is really rare...

[Vitsila]

I have an S.....e HDD from 1999 and is still working ...
But many other companie's HDDs i used in past had stopped in few years ...
Long Live HDD
IMO ...When SSD is cheaper maybe the HDD die ... but is very early now.

[fattypig]

I have an S.....e HDD from 1999 and is still working ...
But many other companie's HDDs i used in past had stopped in few years ...
Long Live HDD
IMO ...When SSD is cheaper maybe the HDD die ... but is very early now.

Agree, its all come to price. I believe HDD would still be cheaper in the coming many years... so HDD !!

[coinnewbit]

Well, any one here still raid their hdds and use ramdisk?

[BawsyBoss]

Does anybody here have a link to a chart with $/GB for SSDs? Preferably one that also includes HDDs?

[coinnewbit]

"expect to spend about 75 cents per gigabyte (GB) on an SSD in 2014"





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