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Thread ID: 116240	2011-02-22 22:04:00	Hard drives from Christchurch	nedkelly (9059)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1180911	2011-02-23 05:54:00	Buy them, the poor bastard probably needs the money even more now.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1180912	2011-02-23 05:55:00	If he ships them to me afterwards, I'll split them with you, 50/50? :D Sounds like a plan to me. :)	Snorkbox (15764)
1180913	2011-02-24 06:07:00	Bullcrap! If they were not installed and/or running at the time of the quake, they will have no more chance of failing than any other HDD in the country. EDIT: I would also add that you might need to request proof that nothing fell on them... I was just saying that There is probably a chance of them failing due to the earthquakes, and i would personally not take the risk. Something could of fell on them or they might of been dropped for all we know.	goodiesguy (15316)
1180914	2011-02-24 06:12:00	I was just saying that There is probably a chance of them failing due to the earthquakes, and i would personally not take the risk. Something could of fell on them or they might of been dropped for all we know. You could say the same thing about any HDD from anywhere. There are no guarantees, you have to rely on the honesty and integrity of the seller. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't.	johcar (6283)
1180915	2011-02-24 06:22:00	I was just saying that There is probably a chance of them failing due to the earthquakes, and i would personally not take the risk. Something could of fell on them or they might of been dropped for all we know. First of all, it's could HAVE, and second, what johcar said.:groan:	qazwsxokmijn (102)
1180916	2011-02-24 07:48:00	As long as they were not running at the time of the quake they should be fine....though there are chances of some fragile internal components being knocked about even when stationary. I used to take my PC out on the White Rock road and the corrugations in the road would be as bad as an earthquake but I never had a problem.	mikebartnz (21)
1180917	2011-02-24 18:58:00	I was just saying that There is probably a chance of them failing due to the earthquakes, and i would personally not take the risk. Something could of fell on them or they might of been dropped for all we know. Yes but that speculation is about as helpful as saying "I'm not going to buy it via courier in case it was shaken during transit". How do you think it got to the store in the first place. You could also argue that we shouldn't drink tap-water in Auckland in case it's come via Christchurch and gets contaminated... There's about as much credibility to that as there is to a powered-off HDD getting damaged in an earthquake.	Chilling_Silence (9)
1180918	2011-02-24 19:39:00	Ok well I wont be getting the HDDS, they were at his work which was right next to the CTV building, and were totally destroyed.	nedkelly (9059)
1180919	2011-02-24 19:59:00	That's probably the exception to the rule then, is if they were crushed by a building. I would add a smiley at the end of this message but a ":D" doesn't seem appropriate :-/	Chilling_Silence (9)
1180920	2011-02-24 22:05:00	Yes but that speculation is about as helpful as saying "I'm not going to buy it via courier in case it was shaken during transit". How do you think it got to the store in the first place. All HDDs have warnings that you should not shock them, powered on or not. So if the drives fell off a shelf or something during the earthquake, I would expect some kind of damage. Since the shop will buy the HDDs in a big quantity they will come in a large box and I expect they will have better protection not only in packaging but due to their weight and size making them harder for the courier to throw them around. It's a single HDD in a small box that is going to get the rough treatment, you won't see a courier trying to throw a large box of 1000 HDDs across a room.. or at your door (as I have had in my experience, and thus the reason for my not ever wanting them to courier any HDD again)	Agent_24 (57)
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