Questions About Power Conditioner or Backup

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Hammie

I have read that a hard drive can be damaged when power is suddenly turned off because the arm could gouge the platter, or the arm can lock and not move once power is restored. I have not really researched the validity of this, but I still think it is a good idea to use a UPS on them.

This is exactly what happened to me. My computer was loading a website and took too long so i power it off without shutting it down. When i turned it back on i got a blue screen error. Called dell and they told me my hard drive was damaged from turning it off while the hard drive was loading. Sort of like it scratched disk' because it shut down so suddenly. And this wasn't the first time i've done this. So all those times of wear and tear added up.

This is why on the PS3 when your installing something they give you a warning to not turn it off.