Hi, Thanks to all that responded, I was really not sure. I have had mine since December and I think I unplugged it once, I was just afraid it would burn up or something.
Ginger Roe Visit my website: http://www.withtheblindinmind.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aiden gardiner Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:17 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Ginger, I don't see why not. I have my drive running almost all the time, and i've only had 2 really bad glitches, both requiring a reformat to repair. Aiden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Roe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question > Hi, is it ok to leave my external hard drive plugged in all the time? > > > Ginger Roe > > > > Visit my website: > > http://www.withtheblindinmind.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lennie > Rinaldi > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:08 AM > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question > > Hi Nimer, > > That's not good! I think that a hard drive whether internal or > external should have a longer life than 1-1/2 or 2 years. > > You did not mention the size of your failed Hitachi hard drive. I do > think that the larger hard drives have the tendency to fail sooner > than smaller ones. > > As I have mentioned, my Western Digital internal hard drive was 500 > GB. and it failed within two years. I was told that the master file > table which I believe keeps track of all the files on the hard drive > was corrupted. Since I had many, many MP3 files on that old hard > drive, I(I don't remember how many) it was probably too many for the > master file table to keep up with it. > > I was told that the solution with large single hard drives is to > split the hard drives into two drives. This could be done before any > data is stored on a new hard drive using a function in Window to > split the hard drive (I think it has to do with formatting). If data > is already stored on the hard drive, then you need something like > partition magic to split the hard drive. > > The advantage of splitting a hard drive (so I was told) is that it > will create two master file tables which should handles the large > number of files spread over the two areas. > > I have two external hard drives and one internal hard drive and all > are 500 GB. each. So, the three are split to prevent failure. Each > one has its own drive letter and each is split about 250 GB. each. > > I hope that this information is useful for you. > > Lennie > > At 06:08 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >>Actually, it was an internal, and it was about a year and a half. >>Thanks >>Nimer J >> >>Lennie Rinaldi wrote: >> > Hi Nimer, >> > >> > I also have a Hitachi 500 GB internal hard drive. I use this one for >> > all my MP3 music and recordings. So far, that one is working just fine. >> > >> > I had a bad experience with my previous internal hard drive that died >> > on me after 2 years. That one was a Western Digital and also was 500 >> > GB. >> > >> > I use the Hitachi external hard drive which is also 500 GB. to back >> > up anything that I saved on the internal hard drive. So far, that one >> > has been working fine. Both drives are 5 months old. How old was your >> > Hitachi external hard drive when it died on you? >> > >> > Lennie >> > >> > At 11:55 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >> > >> >> By the way, how do you like hitachi? I just had one die on me. >> >> thanks >> >> Nimer J >> >> >> >> Lennie Rinaldi wrote: >> >> >> >>> Victor, >> >>> >> >>> I think that most new external hard drives come already in NTFS >> >>> format. I recently bought a Hitachi external hard drive and it was >> >>> formatted that way. >> >>> >> >>> One of my older external hard drive which I purchased a couple of >> >>> years ago was FAT32 and had to be reformatted to NTFS. >> >>> >> >>> Just thought that you might want to know. >> >>> >> >>> Lennie >> >>> >> >>> At 06:12 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>> Hi Patricia, >> >>>> >> >>>> You've got it, that's exactly what it should say, which is >> very uncommon. >> >>>> >> >>>> Any drive I've ever gotten has always been formatted as FAT or >> >>>> >> >> FAT32 so they >> >> >> >>>> will plug into a Windows 98 machine, but it's a nice surprise that > yours >> >>>> isn't. >> >>>> >> >>>> Now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the drive. 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