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essasin
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What do you mean by crash? What does it do?
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Originally posted by jmcclesk:
I'm not computer guy nor do I claim to be but usually what keeps failing on my laptop is the hard drive I have a feeling because I do a lot of Data logging with it and I use in shop in a shop environment as well as a home PC environment
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Originally posted by jmcclesk:
and I mean by un reliable is the hard drive always seems to last between 18 months to 24 months my son had the same laptop and use it exclusively in his room at home in the same thing it went to two hard drives in two and a half years.my first laptop which I bought in 2000 was fairly expensive I got six six and a half years before it finally failed
Are you using a traditional hard disc drive? Or solid state?
Also, you should always have a separate backup drive, so if your drive dies, you pop in a replacement and load your backup and everything is back to normal.
Posts: 1570 | From: Sacramento | Registered: Jun 2009
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jmcclesk
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I do have a backup external drive and I back things up on a semi-regular basis the hard drives that always failed have been traditional style hard drives. I bought a new one today which I believe is solid state they told me it has no moving parts and would hold up better in the kind of environment I use it in.
sorry for the grammar but I'm posting this from my phone this autocorrect is a b****
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Posts: 4024 | From: marrysville | Registered: May 2002
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The problem with laptops is that they're terrible with heat. They overheat a lot which is bad for any electronics. That might be why your hard drive is failing. Also apple computers are overpriced. The hardware they use is no different from a regular PC. What you're mostly paying for is the brand and the OS. If you treat your computer like you would if it was your car then it should last you a pretty long time.
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