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I have lots of plate hard drives that are 10+ years old. And I have a few that are in boxes that are 20 years old that I still end up using every once in a whil
by prepend 5y ago
I have lots of plate hard drives that are 10+ years old. And I have a few that are in boxes that are 20 years old that I still end up using every once in a while.
Yes they are mechanical and will eventually fail but three years for an HDD is not a good trend.
- genewitch 5y agoDo you remember when consumer drives had three year warranties? The good ol' days. I haven't lost a spindle since I started using UPS to prevent voltage sags. Power outages make drive heads retract very fast, but a series of brown outs or 70VAC being put down the line used to cause me so much grief.
- prepend 5y agoI remember when even the el cheapos in Frys had 5 year warranties. Hitachi umtrastars still have 5 year warranties but are harder to get for non-commercial uses.