Posted by J Brockley on 09/26/06 07:15

"LB" <larry_both@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is it my imagination, or do the hard drives in DVD/HDD recorders fail
> more often (more sensitive / prone to failure) than regular PC hard
> drives?
>
> PC Hardrives (esp. those in a laptop) get banged around a lot, and my
> DVD Recorder has messages everywhere warning to be VEREEEE gentle with
> the unit. Also, it seems more senstive to temperature changes.
>
> How does the technology of a HDD in a DVD Recorder differ from a hard
> drive in a PC or laptop? Why do the HDDs seem to fail waaaaay more
> than regular hard drives do. Aren't they all the same thing?
>
> My HDD hasn't failed (yet) but I am not very optimistic that it will
> live a full life.
>
> LB
>
Is that actually the case? My oldest HDD recorder is probably going on 5
yrs old and hasn't missed a beat
But I guess one possible issue is that a HDD recorder has no scandisk or way
of mapping out bad sectors so even a minor failure could failure. Looking
inside my Panasonic looks like a standard Samsung drive while my first
recorder has a Quantum drive.

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