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Aragorn · 18-12-2006, 12:13

Probably a combination of movement and repeated powering on/off.
The most common time for a disk to fail is during powerup as it puts strain on the components. A portable disk is going to get powered up far more often than a disk in a PC. I'm sure modern drives are better at parking heads than of old, but I don't think the original design of HDD's had 'portable' in mind!

18-12-2006, 12:13	#11
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 61 Posts: 3,458	Re: cheap reliable external HD recommendations? Probably a combination of movement and repeated powering on/off. The most common time for a disk to fail is during powerup as it puts strain on the components. A portable disk is going to get powered up far more often than a disk in a PC. I'm sure modern drives are better at parking heads than of old, but I don't think the original design of HDD's had 'portable' in mind!