Recent content by westom

Why believe power loss causes head crashes?   I am not saying this.  Disk drive manufacturers said this even before PCs existed.  Power loss does not cause head crashes - except when knowledge comes from hearsay and wild speculation.   All power offs (intentional or unexpected) are same to disk...

Power outage does not threaten any hardware or any saved data.  UPS is to protect unsaved data.  Nothing more. First define each anomaly.  Different anomalies are addressed by completely different devices.  A UPS is temporary power when voltage decreases massively or drops to zero.  Voltage can...

A surge protector does not even claim assumed protection.  Something completely different (also called a surge protector) means protection even from direct lightning strikes.  Two completely different items with a same name is how scams are promoted. Technical details (ie numbers) are always...