Dead Hard Drive

[Xrock]

This is my first dead hard drive within 4 years. This hard drive was 60G Maxtor 5400 rpm. The weird thing was, the hard drive was in a pull out case or case where you could slide in or out of the main board case easily. There rest of the hard drive on the regular 3.5" bay. Is there a reason why a IDE/USB pull out case would shorten a hard drive life? This hard drive was in the case for only couple of months. I was wondering how many dead hard drive could one have. For me, this is my first dead hard drive. So sad, RIP.

 

[Crashman]

Most of these housings are plastic. They cause the drive to run hot which in turn can cause pre-mature failure. I don't recommend plastic housings for long term use.

If you have a slid-in tray for an IDE enclosure, it might be enough to simply leave the lid off the tray.

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[Xrock]

I thought about that too and it probably the case. As far as the pull out case, I will never use it again. The price of the pull out case is less then the hard drive. A dead hard drive is too big of a price to have.

 

[RichPLS]

4 years is not considered short, it is longer than the life of the hard drive. Since even the best 5400 IDE drives only come with 3 year warranties, and now only come with 1 year.
Excessive heat will shorten the life of HD''s and other components. But this drive was probally destined to fail anyway. If all your drives are this age, I would consider keeping regular bakups, and buying a new drive large enuf to hold all your files anyway.
One thing is for sure, every drive you buy, will die, the question is when.


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