hard disc
By shilpa28k
@shilpa28k (1737)
India
December 20, 2006 12:14am CST
Please tell me the best ways to extend the life of my hard disc?
3 responses
@gscs1838 (1536)
• Malaysia
20 Dec 06
1. defrag occasionally to keep the drive from having to constantly seek to get contiguous data
2. if it is a high performance, large drive (multi-platter), or has a lot of cache you might consider getting a HDD cooler (this is a small fan that fits onto the body of the drive -- heat shortens life
3. backup your harddrive elsewhere - especially non-replaceable data -- nothing lasts forever.
@kristancarl (72)
• Philippines
20 Dec 06
dont shake it, or drop it, dont defragment it too much.. and dont place it near magnets... also prevent touching it without antistatic gloves. static electricity can destroy hard disk and pc's...
