Hard Disk Drive Myths Debunked

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by alpaja

No, that if the partitions were binary like memory they performed better?

Binary? You mean like dual-channel?? That's different...

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by nexus

i heard that deep freeze can damage the hard drive

probably myth

Do you mean deep freezing it during operation? Hmm, even for storage, why would anyone do that?

[Dashken]

We have just updated the article!

This guide was written in response to the numerous fallacies about the hard disk that are still being propagated in many forum discussions. Although many articles have covered these topics, it is apparent that hard disk urban legends are still more popular than the simple truth.

So, let's get down to basics and examine some of these common fallacies or myths and debunk them!

Here's a quote from the article :-

"To be honest, many articles have covered these topics. It would have been easy for someone to do a quick search online before imparting their opinions to newbies. Unfortunately, it became apparent to us that some folks just prefer to trust their innate instincts over logic and knowledge. As such, these hard drive urban legends have remained more popular than the simple truth (ie. "Hard disk drive companies cheat in the way they calculate storage space!"). So, let's get down to basics and examine some of these common fallacies or myths and debunk them!"

Link : Hard Disk Drive Myths Debunked Rev. 3.1

[mikegas]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Do you mean deep freezing it during operation? Hmm, even for storage, why would anyone do that?

Hmm, freezing the drive would not spoil the drive. Is the condensation after that, water forming on the surface of the media then causing particle to stick to the media which would then spoil the drive.

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by mikegas

Hmm, freezing the drive would not spoil the drive. Is the condensation after that, water forming on the surface of the media then causing particle to stick to the media which would then spoil the drive.

Yeah, but why would anyone freeze their hard drive?

Some people claim drives that crashed would work for a while after being deep-freezed but I really don't see the logic there.

[mikegas]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Yeah, but why would anyone freeze their hard drive?

Some people claim drives that crashed would work for a while after being deep-freezed but I really don't see the logic there.

Hmm.. this is done usually in qualification. Temperature ramp. HDD spec is storage from 5C to 60C. Some of the people ramp from 0C to 50C and if ramp is too fast, condensation would happen and this would fail the HDD. This kind of qualification usually done for important application like ATM machine.

I mean, HDD still need to work at north pole right...

Deep-freezing would not repair anything ..

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by mikegas

Hmm.. this is done usually in qualification. Temperature ramp. HDD spec is storage from 5C to 60C. Some of the people ramp from 0C to 50C and if ramp is too fast, condensation would happen and this would fail the HDD. This kind of qualification usually done for important application like ATM machine.

I mean, HDD still need to work at north pole right...

Deep-freezing would not repair anything ..

Exactly. Deep freezing wouldn't repair anything. I wonder... Did I add that to the guide yet?

[Mac Daddy]

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Exactly. Deep freezing wouldn't repair anything. I wonder... Did I add that to the guide yet?

I don't see it in there would be a good addition

The rumour though is not that it repairs the drive it changes the characteristics of the metal alloys in the platters that are damaged or unreadable. The rumour is this will allow you to access and dump the contents of a damaged drive within a short time period after removing the drive from the deep freeze.

Never tried it though the freezer is where I keep my meat before I thaw it out and cook it ... not my Puter equipment

[mikegas]

Actually, I got a freezer experiment I am lining up to do for my own information but havent got around to do it yet. YES, it involves scarifying an innocent good drive.

[Mac Daddy]

Originally Posted by mikegas

Actually, I got a freezer experiment I am lining up to do for my own information but havent got around to do it yet. YES, it involves scarifying an innocent good drive.

Cool keep us posted Mike