On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 28 January 2013, Paul Smith sent: >> My computer is a branded one and only 2 years old -- so, it was hard >> to believe that its hard disk was dying or being corrupted. > > That's really not a good way to gauge it. Some time ago I swore of > Western Digital drives, after having several drives die within a couple > of years. > > There are spontaneous failures, bad manufacturing, bad handling, failing > power supplies, faults on the computer motherboard (or daughterboard, if > the drive interface isn't built in), and bumps to the drive while it's > spinning. The last being a self-caused fault by a lot of people, who > move their computer box around while it's running. It doesn't take a > large knock to damage a drive. Thanks, Tim, for your detailed clarification. Paul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
