HDD Temperature Question

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Last response: January 17, 2013 6:01 AM in Storage

jnunes

January 17, 2013 5:21:22 AM

Hello everyone.

I read somewhere that HDD's are more prone to failure at low temperatures rather than high temperatures.
So I wanted to ask if this is true or not. I'm asking this because I'm paranoid about overheating and breaking my PC components because of the temperature.

Thanks in advance!

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johnnyq1233

January 17, 2013 5:38:10 AM

All components in a computer have a temperature limit...
The HDD is probably more robust than some of the other components in your system..
The only thing I can think of is bringing a cold machine into a warm place and running it before it has warmed up..

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hytecgowthaman

January 17, 2013 5:40:55 AM

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive_failure

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jnunes

January 17, 2013 6:01:58 AM

That still doesn't answer my question.
For a HDD, it's more harmful high temperatures or low temperatures?
And please, read the entire 1st post before posting.

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