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Ventilation Will Prevent Data Loss
by Pierremarie Gustave
Did you know that a lot of hard drives get damaged because of lack of ventilation? Last week, we received a raid external with 2 hard drives. When the engineers open the external, they found a lot of dust balls. It was really dirty and filthy. The external failed because one of the drives started to click. Mind you, that these drives are stripped with raid 0, and they contain 5 platters and 10 heads. Ouch!
I don't know what you think, but I think the dust balls suffocate the clicking hard drive. The dust balls simply clog the ventilation of the external, and put a lot of strain on the hard disks.
I know we can't just open the external and dust if off. If your external disk has vents, check them out; you may be able to use a dust-off to clean it.
We all know to put our computers and external in an area devoid of heat. It is equally essential to place them in area less dusty. That is, we would need to clean the area often. Server storage specially needs to be clear of dust. We can't have these expensive machines gathering dust for too long; something will give out; it is either the server itself, or the storage unit.
Ventilation is good for the external hard drive, internal disk drive, and the computer itself. I don't know how many clients' computers we had to go outside to dust off. Like anything else, we need to look after our computers and storage media.
Drives and computers that failed because of ventilation can be costly in term of data lost. When a hard drive can't breathe, it will cough in a clicking manner.
It is always a danger to the data when a hard disk clicks. The damage may be seen or unseen. The work that is required sometimes is cost prohibitive for most clients.
I advise you to keep your computer and externals ventilated. Avoid extreme heat around your computer. If you know a little about computer, open the lid, and see if dust balls, and spider webs are not multiplying around the CPU fan, power fan, and any other ventilation.
These fans are there for a reason; if they are clogged, they will not do their job properly. Your data can be in jeopardy at any time.
Are dust balls cutting arteries of your hard drive? Don't let a clot build. Once a hard disk's heart beat in a clicking manner, it may be too late to save your data.
For me, I have no choice to have a dust-off bottle around. I work in data recovery. It is one of the best tools we have. It keeps our computers dust free, and cleans your hard drives when they come to us with those dust balls. And for us in data recovery, we know what else it can do.
So please, check inside your computer from time to time for clogging fans. It will save you the headache of recovering your data.
About the Author
Pierremarie is a veteran in the data recovery field, and has been involved in thousands of data recoveries. The stories about these recoveries are endless. This is why these articles are written to help in preventing data loss.
For more information about the company, DataMedia Recovery, please visit the site: datamediarecovery.com/index.htm
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