Bittorrent causing hard drive damage?

[rahimiv]

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

 

[Ned_Flanders]

No it can't. I could go into the reasons why your friend might think it does but I have work to go to. Sorry.

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[Geodave]

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.

 

[rahimiv]

Yea, I figured, but if you got a bossy sister who knows nothing about computers yet tells you "you cant use bittorrent cause you'll break my harddrive" then thats something.

 

[riser]

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.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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