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How long.

Should a HDD generally last?

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Re: How long.

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Originally posted by Objectivist Seal Hunter
Should a HDD generally last?

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Hold Da Motha Fuckin Salad.

Till 1 day after
the warranty is up,lol

Well my parents have had their computer for I would say 5, if not 6 years, and the HDD is acting funny. I can't remember the exact message it gives, but it would seem that it's come to the end of its' life.

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One way I've found to get an old drive suddenly working again is to go out and buy a new one. A slightly less expensive alternative is to do a low level reformat. This will mark any damaged sectors as unusable and the OS will ignore them in future.

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Originally posted by ntscuser
One way I've found to get an old drive suddenly working again is to go out and buy a new one. A slightly less expensive alternative is to do a low level reformat. This will mark any damaged sectors as unusable and the OS will ignore them in future.

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hard drive age varies, and warranties vary as well. drives all used to come with 5 year warranties, then they went to 3, now some drives only give you a year.

so in general, in a computer that never moves, doesnt experience power surges, and isn't constantly spinning? you could get 5-7 years... in a constantly spinning tossed around computer with no sides on the case and poor house wiring causing it to power off abruptly.... keep your receipt.

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Originally posted by Dwaggy
Thats alot of words for someone that sells DVDs out of the back of a truck

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