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Originally Posted by esumitkumar

hmm..so if windows doesnt install on my PC..is this a good situation to try
Fedora 10 or Mandriva 2009 Spring One (distro hopping excuse )

Fedora 10 or Mandriva dont have these issues right ? for laptops ??

Opensuse had it. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=386555
But now it is marked as solved. so I am waiting for the release of opensuse 11.1 to try.
Dont know if the bug is in fedora/mandriva. in any case, its better to check load cycles using smartmontools after installing the distros.
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
Please post your observations after installing fedora/mandriva. I also need a distro for my laptop. I am too afraid to try the hdparm fix . People have noticed the temperature of their harddrives rising after using that fix. Cant wait for dec18. opensuse 11.1 will release that day.