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To: rgammon who wrote (17288)	11/11/2001 8:22:10 AM
From: OldAIMGuy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

HI RG and welcome back, Thanks for the comments on the workings of hard drives. My guess is the failure mode of my HD was the "flying too close" variety as the number of "bad sectors" seemed to be multiplying rapidly. What was odd was that essentially all the bad sectors were clustered near the very tail end of the drive and essentially "unused" if I interpret the DeFrag graphics correctly. The only other hard drive failure I had was of the noisy bearing variety. That was a long time ago. It was probably a 20 Meg drive (1/1000th the size of the most recent failed unit!). RE: Tires Tire failure is so rare any more that many of us don't check the spare very often. Years ago I essentially "rotated" my tires with the trunk tire so was usually pretty sure the one in the trunk had air! If you are running different brand tires on the same axle, it's best to have it be the non-drive axle. IE: if it's a "front wheel drive" have the odd tire on the rear and visa versa. This will save wear and tear on the differential. Even when tires are market as the same "size" (205R65/15 for instance) there can be very large differences in rolling diameter from one manufacturer to another (and even quality levels from the same mfg). The problem gets even worse with "limited slip" type differentials, so those with Jeeps and other SUVs should always run the same size and brand on each each end of an axle. Having different rolling diameters will cook the diffs on a long trip or if hauling a trailer. Best regards, Tom

To: rgammon who wrote (17288)	11/13/2001 11:06:27 AM
From: budweeder	Respond to of 18928

Hi Robert; Thanks for all the info on the hard drives...I suspect from what you describe it is a noisy bearing. I shopped yesterday for a replacement. The storage capacity of the HD's is increasing so rapidly it is amazing.....I think it was about 3 years ago I got this Pent II to replace the 486...I got a 2.3 Gig drive then, which was the largest without paying an outrageous premium.....today the SMALLEST drive available is 20 Gig! The price here is about $90 for the drive and $40 to copy all the data from my old drive to the new one.....certainly a prudent move if a failure is looming...as it apparently is. Regards, Bud