I have a weird question; but, does anyone know how I can go about streesing a hard drive to the point where it will break. I need to make this hard drive fail. Don't ask why since the answer will probably be very inadaquete. 
STRESSING/KILLING A HARD DRIVE
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I dont have much experience in this area, but you can try taking the drive out of the case but leaving it plugged into power and ide cables, then do something hdd intensive (like a hdd benchmark) and start shaking the drive like a madman while it reads. I dont know if it will kill the drive but I know the drive wont like it =)
<< Don't ask why since the answer will probably be very inadaquete.
>>WHY?!?!?
You want to ruin it by stressing it. So just blasting it with a 12-gauge shotgun is not an option, huh?
<< Is there a firmware update for your drive? a poweroff while updating will turn it into a paperweight. >>
That'll do it! Yank the power while it's "flashing". It won't be as detectable as a blast from 3.5" magnum loads either.
I've seen a hard drive die by continuously defragging it(via Diskeeper in NT) it for a couple days I think.
Nack does his best Sean Connery (Hunt for Red October) impersonation:
"Some things in here don't react well to bullets."
Seriously. I dropped a HD once. It didn't work well after that.
Nack
"Some things in here don't react well to bullets."
Seriously. I dropped a HD once. It didn't work well after that.
Nack
Fill you HD with as much crap as possible. Get a few huge files (like Max Payne Demo) and just copy/paste it. Then highlight both of them and copy/paste. Then highlight those 4 copy/paste. Repeat for 20 minutes. Then try compressing/decompressing your HD repeatedly.
Place it external on your desk next to your computer and get a hairdryer and warm it up a bit while it is doing major access (defrag, thorough scandisk, etc.....).
Since your not going to defraud anyone, just take a hammer to it while its accessing............
Or you could start snipping off some of the little caps on the controller, that should throw the whole thing out of wack.
Now fess up, who's computer are you messing with?
Since your not going to defraud anyone, just take a hammer to it while its accessing............
Or you could start snipping off some of the little caps on the controller, that should throw the whole thing out of wack.
Now fess up, who's computer are you messing with?
Let me guess - you've got (like me) the IBM GXP drives that have had so much trouble and while it's not giving you trouble now, you WOULD like it to die within the warranty period (if it's going to die anyway).
If you come up with something, post it. I'd like to know myself.
Later...
If you come up with something, post it. I'd like to know myself.
Later...
I bought a hd one time and was so careful with it before installing it. I was a bit jumpy cause it was a very big drive at the time and I accidently knocked it off the ottoman it was sitting on. Needless to say that it didn't detect correctly. It landed on carpet from about a foot and a half drop and it only detected about half the size. I got it replaced quick.
A small drop is all that these high density drives take.
A small drop is all that these high density drives take.
<< I have a weird question; but, does anyone know how I can go about streesing a hard drive to the point where it will break. I need to make this hard drive fail. Don't ask why since the answer will probably be very inadaquete.
>>:| people like you raise prices for the rest of us :disgust:
edit: yes, i'm assuming you're ripping someone off (since you dont want us to ask why)
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