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AlphaSlayer1964 / kemono-dl

A simple kemono.party downloader using python.
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Question regarding batch downloading #181

Open PerseusRex opened 1 year ago

PerseusRex commented 1 year ago

So I'm just curious, I've tried this on two external hard drives and they end up with reallocated sector counts early into it's life. Does downloading too much do something to the hard drive in some way?

L4cache commented 1 year ago

Downloading (writing) tons of data surely does something to the hard drive, but usually not this kind. They are not like SSD-s. Some bad or low quality sectors may already exist when it produced, out of unluckiness, or occur because of vibration/shock during operation. Because it's a external hard drive, the quality control can be not as good, and chances for vibration/shock will also be increased. You can continue to use it if there's only a few numbers and not increasing. But remember to backup important files.

L4cache commented 1 year ago

This issue is totally off topic though