Bittorrent causing hard drive damage?

Someone tells me that bittorrent can cause hard drive damage, is that true? if so what can be done to prevent it?

The simple answer is that many people believe Bittorrent and other fragment-download programs (Emule, etc), when used for DAYS or WEEKS consecutively, can put a large amount of strain on your hard drive and damage it.

Usually if your drive fails, it's for a reason completely unrelated to bittorrent; it's my belief that these claims are mostly bogus.

People kick, knock, hit and abuse their computers constantly, introducing dust and vibrations into the harddrive, where it of course fails after a single freekin' year...and they blame Bittorrent? I don't think so.

Well, if it's her computer, you should listen to her regardless.

You could download a virus which might cause a problem.. but that's common knowledge.

You are though, putting extra wear & tear on her hard drive.. which will happen either way, but it's going to happen either way.

Besides, if you're downloading anything illegal, she's liable for you. heh.