I love hardware!

[Mags]

u know me... lazy, kept my PC running 24/7, pretty much only shutting down when rebooting for updates etc.

Just think it was funny I never lost any data with those lemons

Had some of those too, course they croaked on me. Having them on 24/7 is what would have saved you though, it was when they went into park that they damaged themselves. They even came out with a firmware update years later (gee thanks IBM you jackholes) that would essentially stop the read arm from ever truly parking as a fix.

Does go with what they taught in the PC Upgrade and repair course (Yes lame course, but very easy credits) that you could extend your mechanical parts in a pc by never shutting it off, but the offshoot was that you reduce the life of the electronics.