Is Ghosting bad for hard drives?

[CodeDeficitDisorder]

OK, I ghost my hard drive often. Maybe once a month. When my system starts getting buggy, I ghost it. Is this a bad thing? I mean, it is a good and clean image, and my system seems to work great after a re-image.

Will ghosting once per month greatly reduce the life of my hardware?

 

[gargouille]

Everything (it seems in life) is a tradeoff...
do ya' want it to taste great or be less filling ?
LOL
Naw, I think erring on the side of caution is good...
System Crash/Reinstall/works HD
Ghost system/Restore image/works HD
If it keeps you happy...wait a minute: are you like my wife? If things are going great she worries that there's nothing to worry about!

 

[Enkrypted]

It shouldn't deminish the life of your hardware at all. I usually do a fresh install every 3 months...then again...I put my system through the gauntlet...I haven't had any hardware failures.....

 

[edfair]

Little more wear on the head pivots, more flexing on the head ribbon cable, little more erosion on the chip traces, and a little more heat. Resolves fragmentation so reduces wear later. Sounds like a good trade-off to me. Ed Fair
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