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#1 User is offline   teenguy 

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Posted 13 December 2001 - 04:29 PM

Hi All,

I've formatted my hard disk lot of times. people are telling formatting quiet frequently will reduce the life of the disk. Is it true? is there any utility available to check the disk performance.

Hard Disk: seagate: 8.4GB. using win2k pro.

Thanks
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#2 User is offline   kgeissler 

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Posted 13 December 2001 - 04:51 PM

I have never heard that frequent formatting shortens the life of disk. The disks today have a lot longer life expectancy than they use to.
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#3 User is offline   yakkob 

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Posted 13 December 2001 - 05:35 PM

Quote:
The disks today have a lot longer life expectancy than they use to.


Unless it is an IBM Deskstar 75GXP..


Grrrrr
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#4 User is offline   Brian Frank 

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Posted 14 December 2001 - 08:29 AM

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#5 User is offline   teenguy 

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Posted 14 December 2001 - 10:40 AM

Thanks all for your replies. Now i am totally satisfied.


(^_^)
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