- Jul 8, 2014
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Hey,
This is the first time I'm building my own pc and I ended up buying the 1tb Wd green because I was tight on my budget.
Anyway, I came across two major issue about the hdd.
1. The advanced format - it's is said that these drives are advanced format drives, needing to aligned using their software (incase you plan to install xp). I have windows 8.1 so I don't think it should matter much, but should I go ahead with the alignment process anyway. Besides I'll be using this drive as my primary drive and intend to transfer data from my old drive onto this one, so should I need to advance format the drive for the same.
2. The second issue is the parking head issue which I came across. As far as my knowledge goes, the parking head rests every 8 seconds by default which leads to a large number of llc compared to the hours of usage which results in the hard disk dieing. I have come across few places where it is said that the newer version like the one I have are better than the older versions, but I'm not very convinced.
Anyway it is said that by increasing the parking head idle time I can better the longetivity of the hdd ( using widdle3.exe). I have no idea how to use it but I think I can do it by googling it.
So my question is should I run the widdle3 application or if it is even compatible with my version of the hard disk, since nothing is given on the official website.
I know it is a bit long but in gist,
1. Should I advance format my drive
2. Should I reduce the idle time for parking head.
Thanks in advance.
P.s - please be elaborate if you can.
This is the first time I'm building my own pc and I ended up buying the 1tb Wd green because I was tight on my budget.
Anyway, I came across two major issue about the hdd.
1. The advanced format - it's is said that these drives are advanced format drives, needing to aligned using their software (incase you plan to install xp). I have windows 8.1 so I don't think it should matter much, but should I go ahead with the alignment process anyway. Besides I'll be using this drive as my primary drive and intend to transfer data from my old drive onto this one, so should I need to advance format the drive for the same.
2. The second issue is the parking head issue which I came across. As far as my knowledge goes, the parking head rests every 8 seconds by default which leads to a large number of llc compared to the hours of usage which results in the hard disk dieing. I have come across few places where it is said that the newer version like the one I have are better than the older versions, but I'm not very convinced.
Anyway it is said that by increasing the parking head idle time I can better the longetivity of the hdd ( using widdle3.exe). I have no idea how to use it but I think I can do it by googling it.
So my question is should I run the widdle3 application or if it is even compatible with my version of the hard disk, since nothing is given on the official website.
I know it is a bit long but in gist,
1. Should I advance format my drive
2. Should I reduce the idle time for parking head.
Thanks in advance.
P.s - please be elaborate if you can.
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