Did someone pull a fast one on me?
Why would a Dell computer have a Seagate hard drive in it..I did not put it there..!!!
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cleo43 wrote:hawkeye-08 wrote:sjholt wrote:
Just a note here. I have an HP computer here with a Seagate HD that went TU just after the 1 year warranty. It took Windows 8.1 with it.
I now run Linux Mint and won't go back to Windows.
Also this is the third Seagate HD that has crapped out on me.
I have WD HD's that are 12 years old and are still going.
So why not replace the drive with a non Seagate drive and reinstall Windows 8.1 unless you did not make or purchase the recovery disks... I understand now, carry on..
Maybe Windows do excessive Reads/Writes (Pagefiles, Recovery Points, Virus Scan ...) that shorten the life of hard drives. The viruses themselves, if not detected and eliminated , can also contribute to that.
sjholt was just pointing out that he did not purchase or create the recovery disks so when his hard drive crashed, he lost Windows 8.1 and decided to run Linux instead of purchasing the recovery disks. I don't know how many times he dropped his laptop or set it down hard or didn't clean the vents and it overheated, but I can tell you that Windows 8.1 was not the cause of his problem...
