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Subject: [OM] Re: Progress report on crashed hard drive
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:36:52 -0700
Another advantage with the hard disk is that you can use the  
S.M.A.R.T. information in your disk utility and check on the disk  
health periodically.



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA




On Jun 15, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Winsor Crosby wrote:

>
> I think it is the process that is superior. With a removable drive
> you record a disk back up once and assume it will be there if your
> hard disk fails. You will not know whether the removable disks you
> have used have spoiled until you need them to replace files. Too late
> then.
>
> If you use a hard drive backup you have a check on it every time you
> add some additional files. It seems to me that the chances of their
> both failing at the same time is slim.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 15, 2005, at 6:21 AM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
>
>> Few months ago I have transferred over 70 CD-Rs to DVD and  non of
>> the CD-R
>> are non-readable. A few of them were over 4 years old, I worry
>> about hard
>> disk more than CD-R. I had three hard disk failures in 12 years.
>> Although
>> two of them are over-heat due to careless use.
>>
>
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