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| Thread ID: 84269 | 2007-10-30 20:10:00 | How long before you should replace hard drives? | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 606667 | 2007-10-30 20:10:00 | This nice extract puts it quite succinctly: "On balance, though, I now think it's perfectly reasonable to give your drives three years before you replace them. Four years is OK for penny-pinchers, and five years or more should be fine for Aunt Nora's PC that's only turned on for two hours a week". Quoted from here (www.dansdata.com). Originally somewhere in here (http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/). |
Greg (193) | ||
| 606668 | 2007-10-30 23:43:00 | A wise operator will replace them 2 hours before failure (it is good to allow a bit of cushion). ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 606669 | 2007-10-30 23:45:00 | What do you know. As long as you buy Seagate, 5 years is fine!! :p | wratterus (105) | ||
| 606670 | 2007-10-30 23:55:00 | You replace them when/if: They develop a fault They become full Thats it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 606671 | 2007-10-30 23:58:00 | WD have a 5 year warranty too (at least on dome of their drives, don't know about the cheapest ones) Keep a good drive until you think it is about to die, or you need a bigger drive. Replace all Maxtor drives immediately. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 606672 | 2007-10-31 00:35:00 | Keep a good drive until you think it is about to die, or you need a bigger drive. Replace all Maxtor drives immediately. And Hitachi! :lol: |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 606673 | 2007-10-31 03:54:00 | Dad's hard drive has been going well for 5 years now, and it's turned on all day, every day. :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 606674 | 2007-10-31 04:31:00 | 7 years for me here and going VERY well. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 606675 | 2007-10-31 04:50:00 | I have one thats been going since April 2003 for 12+ hrs a day 7 days a week. It is a Seagate. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 606676 | 2007-10-31 05:12:00 | Raid 5, i replace on failure! | SolMiester (139) | ||
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