Scary HDD Temp?

[Spitfire_x86]

This info is found from PC Wizard XP

Hard Disk Temperature C: : 79°C"

More info from same program

> Drive C: (Hard Disk) : 1 Gb available on 2 Gb
>> General Information
Disk Type : Hard Disk
Free Space : 50%
>> Drive Information
Volume Name : WINDOWS ME
Serial Number : 3E10-1F6D
Files Name : 255 caractères
File Management : FAT32
Preserves Filename Case : Yes
Case Sensitive Search : No
Unicode Filenames : Yes
Individual File Compression : No
Volume is Compressed : No
Share : No
>> Logical Features
Sectors per Cluster : 1
Bytes per Sector : 512
Cluster size : 0 Kb
Free Clusters : 2823188
Total Clusters : 4144179
>> Physical Features
Cylinders : 4866
Heads : 255
Sectors per Track : 63
Bytes per Sector : 512
>> Monitoring Information
Hard Disk Temperature : 79°C (max: 76°C)"

Is this temp. info reliable? Is 79C too much?

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[Spitfire_x86]

Can anybody help?

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[mrface]

Does it process info slow or is sketchy about processing info???

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[Spitfire_x86]

No, I don't have any problem with my HDD. I'm just worried about the lifespan of the drive

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[mrface]

Well its is only a 2gig drive, You can get another one for like 15$ online and backup your drive and youll be safe either way. I dont believe you will have to worry to much about the drive going bad for a couple of years at least. If you want to keep it longer than that I suggest you get you another one online to back it up with

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[Spitfire_x86]

LOL! It's not a 2 GB drive, it's a 40 GB drive. My first partition (C is 2 GB. I just didn't paste the whole info table here.

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[Teq]

I've never seen a hd that hot that still worked...

Get inside the computer and touch the hard disk... Is it hot?

79c would cook an egg quite nicely and it's unlikely you could hold your hand on it for long.

If it feels cool to touch and works normally, just ignore the temperature reading... not all hard disks have internal temperature monitors.


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[Spitfire_x86]

The HDD is warm if I use it for short time, but if I use it for several hours, then it's very hot. But it doesn't feel like 79C.

BTW, I use no case fan and room temp. is 30 to 35C

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[Teq]

Well... for starts get a couple of case fans... not only your drives will thank you.

All drives produce some warmth, but if it was that hot, you'd know...79c (174f) would actually burn your hand.

Still, if you hit the manufacturer's website and get their drive diagnostics you should be able to get an accurate reading from them.







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