Hard Drive Failures Are Drive Failures Increasing?
(Continued from Page 1) Previous Are Drives More Prone to Failure Now? A lot of this has to do with the construction and use of hard drives. Most consumer computers were used only few a few hours per day. This meant that the drives did not have as long of continuous use that increase factors such as heat and movement that can lead to failures. Computers are much more prevalent in our lives and are being used for longer periods. This means that drives are likely failing more frequently due to heavier use. After all, a computer used twice as long as another will generally have a hard drive fail twice as quickly. So this hasn’t really increased the failure rate. Of course, factors such as the increase in data density and number of platters may also be contributing the the chances of hard drive failure. The more parts and the tighter the density of the data on the platters means t
