Re: Replace Hard Drive After 3.5 Years?

FYI
check the web there were 10" floppys but 8" were far more common both the
websites below refer to the original 10" floppys, I don't think the memory
is failing that bad just yet....but whats a couple of inches like NSM said
it's a guy thing......

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/compupedia129.html

or http://www.burlington.mec.edu/hs/helpdesk/hardware.htm

here's a quote from one of the sites "A drive based on flexible media. The
original floppy disks were 10 in. diameter. Later floppy drives were 5 1/4
in. in diameter. Both of these had flexible media and a flexible outer
jacket. The current standard is a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk contained in a hard
plastic case.Yet this not a hard drive. Its medium is still floppy. The
current standard 3 1/2 floppy disk contains 1.44 MB of information. By
default, the first floppy drive is designated A:"

they may come in all sizes but I still maintain if its important Do A
Backup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheers
chuck


"Attach bullseye here" <Plume@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Vlad" <Bla@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6vj541hhnejhhgkvvs3pbub09fsgpce8d5@xxxxxxxxxx
> > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:45:16 -0500, Mike Coslo <mcoslo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >James Sweet wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Elle" <elle_navorski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> news:E7G%d.1229$H06.793@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>
> > >>>Is there an authoritative site on the web that discusses which
> computers
> > >>>have this hard drive memory threshhold problem?
> > >>>
> > >>>Some specs:
> > >>>Make: Gateway Essential 900C
> > >>>CPU: Intel 900 Mhz Celeron
> > >>>Original hard drive: 20 Gigabyte 5M Ultra ATA
> > >>>
> > >>>I have never gone over 10 Gigabytes of memory. I suppose because I
> don't
> > >>
> > >> do
> > >>
> > >>>any serious graphics work or play video games. I use the computer
> mostly
> > >>
> > >> for
> > >>
> > >>>word processing, spreadsheets, the internet, and faxing.
> > >>>
> > >>>This morning after making some calls and checking the internet a bit,
I
> > >>>settled on a Seagate 80 Gigabyte Ultra ATA/100, 8 Mb cache, 7200 RPM
> > >>
> > >> drive,
> > >>
> > >>>for $90 at Best Buy.
> > >>>
> > >>>Coulda had a similar Western Digital for about $70, but Seagate seems
> to
> > >>
> > >> get
> > >>
> > >>>better reviews. Also, this Seagate hard drive has a 5-year warranty
> (whose
> > >>>details I have not read yet).
> > >>>
> > >>>I can return it easily, should problems like the one you mentioned
> become
> > >>>insurmountable.
> > >>>
> > >>>I won't get to installing it until tomorrow, at the earliest.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> There's no official database on it, but you have an OEM box so a
> call/email
> > >> to Gateway or look on their site for a BIOS update. Personally if in
> doubt I
> > >> would just check to see if there's a PCI slot free then pick up a new
> > >> interface card as they're not expensive. Get the largest drive you
can
> for
> > >> the $, you can always transfer it to a newer faster machine later.
> > >>
> > >> Also if you keep an eye out for killer deals it's not a bad idea to
get
> two
> > >> drives and use one to backup the other.
> > >
> > > Probably the best idea, and keep transferring the dat to new drives as
> > >you go.
> > >
> > > For the original poster:
> > >
> > > Don't make the mistake of thinking that archiving to CD's is any kind
> > >of archiving! If a person does a lot of research (to be sure to buy the
> > >correct ones and to learn the proper handling), never marks on the CD's
> > >ever,(store them in a jewel case and mark on that - go figure on what
to
> > >do if they get mixed up) stores them under ideal conditions, handles
> > >them only with gloves, and prays daily to the CD gods, they just
*might*
> > >last 10 years.
> > >
> > > I've had a number of Archive CD's fail after a year. I now to backups
> > >to two separate Hard drives. One on the computer, and the other to a
> > >firewire drive.
> > >
> > > - Mike -
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > Creating an image (ghost) of your system drive is the way I have
> > resigned to do and as an external drive it can be used to back up
> > several computers.
> > Vlad
>
> Until recently, I've gotten away with using a Conner Peripherals hard
drive
> of ~820 MB and even a 127MB drive from a PC/AT and the current stable is
2/3
> 1998 and before and includes ISA cards in some cases. I believe the high
> RPMs and increased stress brought along by improved storage technologies
> bring on an earlier demise. Few of my devices or cards are newer than 1999
> or 2000. I've never had a CD data backup fail. and I believe such problems
> are analogous to the CD rot troubles of the commercial audio industry. I
am
> certainly not so cavalier as to leave them out and about like some audio
CD
> consumers. I HAVE had CD failure and haven't gotten around to
investigating
> it with the mfg. That disc took about 8 years to fail also. Proper
> maintenance is always a good thing but proper selection of suitable
> equipment seems more so.
>
>


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