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Tumbleweed36 · 11-25-2008, 06:38 PM

I want to start out with the obvious. First of all, there are two kinds of hard drives. First,there are those that are going to die and then there are those that have died. Therefore, it is time to at least keep a clone of all your data and my recommendation would be to get a couple of new ones before you get caught or blindsighted by a quick dying drive and you lost your data.

I hate to tell you, but after a drive is out of warranty (three years as a rule, but some are five), the likelyhood of them lasting much longer is getting slim. I just ditch them when they are out of warranty or use them as a cloning spare.

11-25-2008, 06:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,672 OS: XP Professional	Re: longevity I want to start out with the obvious. First of all, there are two kinds of hard drives. First,there are those that are going to die and then there are those that have died. Therefore, it is time to at least keep a clone of all your data and my recommendation would be to get a couple of new ones before you get caught or blindsighted by a quick dying drive and you lost your data. I hate to tell you, but after a drive is out of warranty (three years as a rule, but some are five), the likelyhood of them lasting much longer is getting slim. I just ditch them when they are out of warranty or use them as a cloning spare. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.