Comment 369 for bug 59695
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| Akshay Srinivasan (akshay.srinivasan) wrote Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime | #369 |
Tzvetan Mikov wrote:
> It is naive to expect that this can be fixed by the community. Problems
> of this kind can only be fixed by a coordinated entity with resources:
> someone that can purchase different hard drives, possibly laptops, and
> is able to put some pressure on the manufacturers for information, and
> to invest significant time in testing and development. Clearly Dell is
> in the best position to do this.
>
> This bug entry has turned into a discussion forum, with the same things
> repeated over and over. I don't think there is anything useful to a
> developer aimed at fixing this beyond first few posts. The community has
> failed, so to speak, but as I said, this is not a problem amenable to a
> "community solution".
>
> I strongly suspect that if somebody (a company) was seriously working on
> a fix, they wouldn't post here, possibly until the fix was ready.
>
> My suggestion to everybody is to stop posting ideas (even if they are
> good, in actuality they are not helping) and evidence about their own
> system. It is useless !! Nobody is going to read all the messages to
> gather bits of evidence. Please, post only if you are a developer
> actively working on a fix, or if a developer asks for specific tests to
> be done by somebody with the problem (admittedly the latter is a very
> long shot).
>
>
I got this DiskCheckup tool for Windows , which reads SMART data from
the Hard Disk.After a while , I was quite surprised to find the Parking
rate to be at about 2-3 per minute.I don't think Windows does anything
to aleter the settings either - or maybe , the controls are all messed up ?