Another HDD question sorry lads

[jason69uk]

for a hard drive to be left in the plastic case its supplied in for 10 years could it develop bad sectors and fragments being on its own??

[BJ_M]

well - the bearings can dry up not being used ..

if stored near in high humidity - it could get bad sectors on its own .. not really that likely -- but possible ..

[jason69uk]

aah right, heard about the mouse in ya computer lol..

bearings drying up..i aughta plug it into pc once a month..would this happen on externals aswell??

Also im sorry to change the subject here but i feel guilty keepo flooding the forum, on a program called pinrite it keeps freezing now..it might be a bad floppy i dunno but it totally locks up..

[BJ_M]

externals = yes , same thing

do you mean spinrite ?

[lumis]

you can boot spinrite (6) from a cd-r/w too.. if your floppy drive is bad, you can bypass it.

[jason69uk]

aah cool yeah thass what i meant spinrite mate..

cheers 4 the advice ppl..