On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Tony B wrote:
No, you will have a hard time convincing me a fan of any type could
vibrate
enough to cause an r/w error on a drive. But be aware - cosmic rays
*can*
cause errors. Not as many as 'normal' causes, but surely it
happens. Anyway,
that's what chkdsk is for. If my systems crash suddenly for any
reason, I
run a full chkdsk on all the drives afterwards.
Worrying that fan vibration might damage the data on the drive is
definitely obsessive compulsive behavior. If the vibration were that
severe you would not be wanting to be in the same room with this
computer. A quick solution to fan noise is to unplug the fan or stick
a fork in its blades. Of course, an obsessive compulsive person would
then go bonkers because the fan was not running.
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