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From: GT on 31 Mar 2008 05:22
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> "Mike" <nospam(a)email.com> wrote in
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>> I have 3 hard drives that are 8 years old and they still run great. 2
>> are maxtors and the other is WD. Should get rid of all 3 and get new
>> ones because they are so old? I never been through a hard drive
>> failure before and I dont want to experience it. Is there an app that
>> can test hard drives?
>>
>
> Check SMART status, if supported by drives, and backup (which should be
> done with every disk you use, unfortunately).

Not on an 8 year old drive!


From: GT on 31 Mar 2008 05:23
"Mike" <nospam(a)email.com> wrote in message
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>I have 3 hard drives that are 8 years old and they still run great. 2 are
>maxtors and the other is WD. Should get rid of all 3 and get new ones
>because they are so old? I never been through a hard drive failure before
>and I dont want to experience it. Is there an app that can test hard
>drives?

Any new drive is going to be bigger than all 3 of them put together and it
will also be considerably faster.


From: GT on 1 Apr 2008 08:38
"kony" <spam(a)spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:22:42 +0100, "GT"
> <ContactGT_remove_(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>"Rookie" <rookie(a)hates.spam> wrote in message
>>news:Xns9A7024884532F3jfk6(a)localhost...
>>> "Mike" <nospam(a)email.com> wrote in
>>> news:vvgHj.2040$GT5.542(a)fe085.usenetserver.com:
>>>
>>>> I have 3 hard drives that are 8 years old and they still run great. 2
>>>> are maxtors and the other is WD. Should get rid of all 3 and get new
>>>> ones because they are so old? I never been through a hard drive
>>>> failure before and I dont want to experience it. Is there an app that
>>>> can test hard drives?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Check SMART status, if supported by drives, and backup (which should be
>>> done with every disk you use, unfortunately).
>>
>>Not on an 8 year old drive!
>
> IIRC, most if not all drives supported SMART 8 years ago.

Time flies!


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