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nobb · 12-19-2007, 11:32 PM

Consumer drives simply are not designed to work in the car environment and intuition tells me that (statistically speaking) a drive operated in the automobile environment will die sooner than in a desktop environment. Most users say that their drives work fine, but there are also some that say they suspect their drive died due to being used in the car. If you want piece of mind, the best option would be to get an automotive grade drive (Hitachi Endurastar, Seagate EE25) or go solid state. Both have their advantage and disadvantages.

I am trying to sell a 30GB Hitachi Endurastar Automotive drive for $60 shipped to USA/CAN if anyone is interested. According to a publication (forgot where), one of the goals of the engineers who designed these type of drives was for the lifespan of the drive to be similar to the lifespan of the car (10+ years). Or if you have some old drives laying around, then why not use those? If you dont need the drives anyways, might as well put them to use.

12-19-2007, 11:32 PM	#9
nobb Maximum Bitrate Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 702	Consumer drives simply are not designed to work in the car environment and intuition tells me that (statistically speaking) a drive operated in the automobile environment will die sooner than in a desktop environment. Most users say that their drives work fine, but there are also some that say they suspect their drive died due to being used in the car. If you want piece of mind, the best option would be to get an automotive grade drive (Hitachi Endurastar, Seagate EE25) or go solid state. Both have their advantage and disadvantages. I am trying to sell a 30GB Hitachi Endurastar Automotive drive for $60 shipped to USA/CAN if anyone is interested. According to a publication (forgot where), one of the goals of the engineers who designed these type of drives was for the lifespan of the drive to be similar to the lifespan of the car (10+ years). Or if you have some old drives laying around, then why not use those? If you dont need the drives anyways, might as well put them to use. Last edited by nobb; 12-19-2007 at 11:37 PM.