Joe S js foldback.net wrote:

On 08 Aug 2006, John Doejdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote:

Jon D jon nomail.com wrote:

Hi there Phat, maybe you feel this branch has nothing to do with
the original thread

In my opinion, cross-posting to (alt.engineering.electrical) made
this thread off topic to begin with.


I am talkinh about electrical failure as well as mechanical
failure. I guessed that alt.engineering.electrical knew more than
a little about failure of electronic boards.

You may as well have been asking them for advice about which hard
drive to buy. And of course that would be off-topic too.

but I think we are discussing packaging and how poor
packaging may be the cause of early failure. As OP I was
concerned that I may encounter early failure and wanted a way to
force its early appearance before I put data on the drive.

A hard drive can fail at any time without warning. The solution
is to keep copies of your data, either in real-time or by
periodic/regular backups.


That's true. But I don't want the backup to be on my new drive if
it is likely to fail! IYSWIM.

Buy a reliable hard drive.












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