power failures

[megah0]

Would repeated power failures whilst a PC is on damage it any significant way?

we keep getting intermittant power failures at work and i swear my hard drive is making noises now that it wasn't before.

[Tumble]

I would imagine so yeah, cos the head on the disk don't get a chance to "park" properly... and they just stop where they are on the platter which is (sorry if this is condescending in anyway - don't know your level of PC-age) rather like a small, thick CD... and it can get scratched, with nasty horrible effects.. like odd noises...

[megah0]

I thought so but didn't want to sound daft by suggesting it.

we had 3 black outs today, at least we found out that the server UPS works.

[Tumble]

may I quietly suggest a back-up afore the thing stops working altogether????

[da_ging]

im fairly sure that most newer drives should be able to cope with a power cut without suffering damage as they all park the heads as soon as power goes ,although i suppose if it is writing/reading it may be able to cause damage

[pyro]

go get a ups man

[megah0]

I was in the middle of processing an order so i guess the hdd would be in use

As for getting a UPS the phrase, not a chance in hell springs to mind

[5lab]

parking a hard drive isnt an issue any more, hasnt been for about 10 years. the only damage would be caused by a 'spike' in the current before it cuts out afaik

[pyro]

As for getting a UPS the phrase, not a chance in hell springs to mind

why it saved me loadsa times before i ge myself a laptop, not only that it acts as a surge protector as well.