re: Harddrive shuts off during large file reads
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at 11:44 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6528 messages posted)
All of my systems are built with hard drive bays that have fans in front of them.
This blows air over and under them into the case (from the front) to keep them cool.
If in doubt and you have no fans ahead of the HD to blow air over it, I would try
to rig up a way of doing just that to keep it cool while you are doing the imaging.
Hopefully you can get through it. Many of the big OEM type computers are bad for
not having a good airflow through the case or fans where they should be to provide
proper air flow over the componants. If wires are in the way, it doesn't help either.
In short, if you must, you might remove the drive and lay it outside of the case
or in a position that you can provide airflow over it. Just make sure not to short
the bottom side of the circuit board. In cases where I have to remove the drive,
I use a spare case fan and just set the drive right on top of it. I also use the
SCSI drive cooling specification when setting up a new machine even though IDE drives
run cooler than SCSI drives just to be safe. (can find it on Seagate's website)
Good Luck!!
On Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 8:19 pm, Gernader8 wrote:
>Ever since I started this topic, my computer has been off, and I have been using
>my laptop. I wish thinking of what you said, C K. The games/programs I was using
>were somewhat harddrive intensive. So there would be alot of heat generated, causing
>the electronics to overheat. Currently I am unable to image or back up my master
>drive, untill my new drive comes in. So my computer will remain off until then.
Once
>my new drive comes in, and I begin to image the drive, is it possible for my old
>drive to overheat and shut off on me? Currently there are two partitions I would
>have to copy off it. The first one contains the OS and some basic programs. Its
is
>roughly 15 gigs. The other has the larger programs, games, etc on it, and is 110gigs.
>Do you think I can copy both without the drive locking up?
>
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