Regd. multiple writing on HDDs

[bulava]

Hi All,

I regularly use couple of hard drives on Desktops and Laptops. Example, I do use a Seagate ATA 80GB 7200 RPM drive for downloading movie or Linux distro torrents. I got doubts on HDD deterioration:

a) Will the HDD life gets reduced because of many torrent downloads? (downloaded some 150 GB of data in 3 month duration) :confused:

b) Will the HDD life gets reduced or damaged if I encode a Video file (say 700 MB to 1.5 GB size) while downloading a torrent (i.e., multiple disk writing) :confused:

c) Is a Laptop HDD more sensitive (multiple writing) than a Desktop HDD :confused:


Kindly give me your inputs. Big thanks :)

bulava

 

[donkey42]

Hi All,

I regularly use couple of hard drives on Desktops and Laptops. Example, I do use a Seagate ATA 80GB 7200 RPM drive for downloading movie or Linux distro torrents. I got doubts on HDD deterioration:

a) Will the HDD life gets reduced because of many torrent downloads? (downloaded some 150 GB of data in 3 month duration) :confused:

b) Will the HDD life gets reduced or damaged if I encode a Video file (say 700 MB to 1.5 GB size) while downloading a torrent (i.e., multiple disk writing) :confused:

c) Is a Laptop HDD more sensitive (multiple writing) than a Desktop HDD :confused:


Kindly give me your inputs. Big thanks :)

bulava

all of your questions can be answered by one word & that word is BULLSH1T

please don't take offence to this reply, as no offence is intended

 

[Ferg]

I think that what donkey is trying to say is that go ahead and do what you want with multiple jobs on the hard drive without worry. Overworking a HDD will only break it if if was about to break anyway :D

It will be the processor holding you back not the hard drive if anything at all :)

 

[donkey42]

I think that what donkey is trying to say is that go ahead and do what you want with multiple jobs on the hard drive without worry. Overworking a HDD will only break it if if was about to break anyway :D

It will be the processor holding you back not the hard drive if anything at all :)

well, that was certainly a more elaquant reply than mine, however, personally i prefer my reply[ot]why, answer a post with many words when one word will suffice :P[/ot]