my hard drives keep dying :(

[reaper_tbs]

heeey.... what do i do with my information if my hard drive is about to die and it's the only one i have left?(because all the others died) i use good hard drives, usually corsair (my fave ) but any SATA one i get dies within a year and gives me NO warning whatsoever. it sounds like a lawnmower for 5 seconds then clicks then sounds like a plane for about 3 seconds then i get BSOD... the IDE drives i get give me maybe 10 minutes warning when they wanna die but still die after about a year. now i have nothing and a lack of money for a hard drive  why does this keep happening? the PSU isn't the problem either so i just don't know...

thanx people

[ale52]

Is this a continuing problem?  It sounds like it from your post. 

Do you buy from the same vendor each time / tried replacing the PSU / returned the drive as it may be under warranty / have a friend you could take the failing hard drive to and burn your stuff from there?

Alan <><

[patio]

I was not aware that Corsair made hard drives...they make USB flash drives but hard drives ? ? ?

[soybean]

... the IDE drives i get give me maybe 10 minutes warning when they wanna die but still die after about a year. now i have nothing and a lack of money for a hard drive  why does this keep happening? the PSU isn't the problem either so i just don't know...

How many drive failures have you experienced?  How do you know the PSU isn't the problem?   

[patio]

Whether Corsair does or doesn't make HDD's i wouldn't be purchasing any more of them.

[CBMatt]

Have you tried slaving any of these drives in another computer?

[GX1_Man]

Whether Corsair does or doesn't make HDD's i wouldn't be purchasing any more of them.

Google doesn't know about it wither, so I think he made it up. 

[reaper_tbs]

lol sorry about the mis-information. not corsair hard drives, i was thinking of my usb stick  my hard drives have mostly been seagate, and i know it's not the psu because i've had different ones while hard drives have still been dying 

[Raptor]

Then it must be PEBKAC.

[jcbick]

I've had this problem when I had dirty power coming in.  Power flucuations will; kill hard drives fairly quickly.  I now have a UPS on all of my desktops, with the computer plugged into the battery side.  This not only gives some shutdown time incase of power failure, but also stabilizes the incoming power.  Helps with other components too.

[soybean]

jcbick, I think that's a good point.  It could, indeed, be a factor here.  UPS is a wise addition to any system.

[reaper_tbs]

i'll try that thanks