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Old 04-23-2004, 09:00 PM   #1
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Originally posted by Nelsmar
If you are going to buy an ibm beware, they are rated to run 8 hours a day. and if you run it over 8 hours a day it voids warantee. if they are ran over 8 hours a day they can die. i had two drives just completely stop working after leaving my computer on for about 6 days straight... Most people prefer western digital, i personaly like seagate (ahhh the silence)

that is completely untrue. you can run the hd 24/7 and not lose the warranty. they use the 8 hour/day to determine their MTBF rating. Mean (avg) Time Before Failure, usually in thousands of hours.
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