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A comment on Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016. Parent comment

Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @03:48PM (#13535050)
What do you mean by “moved a lot”? I assumed the HDD heads are moved to a parking position when the disk is turned off to not accidentally slam into the disks.

Portable means the storage has a compact form factor and a case so you can carry it around (turned off). I have never seen anyone actually use a portable disk while moving. Everyone puts them on their desk next to the laptop. The only thing I can imagine is working on a train.

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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by j3097736 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:07PM (#13535731)
Even the 2.5" ones inside laptops that are basically desktop replacements and run cool enough seem to fail a lot compared to their 3.5" brothers.

Good thing SSDs exist now.

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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by mavhc on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:19PM (#13535844)
Accidentally knocked, or dragged by the cable because the laptop was moved a bit.
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