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Ubuntu May Be Killing Your Laptop's Hard Drive

Posted by kdawson on from the saving-power-at-what-cost dept.

wwrmn writes "There's a debate going on over at bugs.launchpad.net on whether it's the Ubuntu, BIOS, hard-drive manufacturer, or pick-any-player's fault, but Ubuntu (and perhaps any OS) may be dramatically shortening the life of your laptop's hard drive due to an aggressive power-saving feature / acpi bug / OS configuration. Regardless of where the fault lies or how it's fixed, you might want to take some actions now to try to prevent the damage."

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  1. Testify by candle1976 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I work with Windows all day, so I get a bit bored with knacking about on it at home. I installed Ubuntu 7.04 on my laptop, and within a month my HDD had failed. Needless to say, I won't be doing that again anytime soon. It sucks too, as I had finally gotten things right where I wanted them with programs, etc. Ubuntu is the best of the Linux crop right now, but if it's going to thrash hardware, it'll die real quick.

  2. Re:Ubuntu by jimmypw · · Score: 1, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia Hard drives kill YOU!!!