[G4] Re: G4 Digest, Vol 27, Issue 4

[Matthew Wensley]

I wish I could say that I have never had a drive fail, but I have.  
The original HD on my MDD G4.

If she is having so many errors, I would reformat the drive and use  
it as a secondary drive or back up.

M
"There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and  
preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and  
the like...
But prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the  
common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings  
of democracies. What is this safeguard?
Skepticism.
This you must preserve. This you must retain. If you can keep this,  
you need fear no harm."
-- Demosthenes
(384 B.C.-322 B.C.)
Source: Oration


On 5-Nov-06, at 10:20 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com  
wrote:

>
> Product Info: Western Digital WD400BB Hard Drive EIDE 40.0GB
>
> * Mean time before failure
> * 500,000 hour(s)
>
> That's just a little over 57 Years, I've been in the computer industry
> since 1964 and have never had a disk drive failure, just lucky I  
> guess.
> The only reason that I've ever replace a drive is because I wanted a
> larger drive.