I might not go as far as "rare" but would probably agree to "atypical".
Laptop hard drives certainly fail more often than desktop hard drives,
but desktop drives are not subject to being moved around while the
drives are operating.
Mark Shapiro wrote:
> I got a Dell XP laptop 3 years ago.
> Have firewall, virus protection, do
> all updates, don't open attachment,
> don't use file sharing, don't move it.
> Every year, the hard drive dies with
> no warning. It is gone. Twice I
> replaced it. This time I'm not going
> to replace the hard drive.
> Why do PC laptops die so quick?
> I have a 10-year old Mac laptop that
> still runs fine - if I don't go to modern
> web sites. Why do hard drives die
> so fast on Windows laptops?
> Or is my experience rare?
|
Similar Threads
Linear Mode
