I'm not talking about replacing a hard drive because you ran out of space, I'm talking about how long someone's been able to keep it without it failing.
I guess if you have an expensive one, it's gonna last longer, but I just want to have a general idea about the maximum lifespan of a hard disk drive. Then if my drive fails I won't feel bad if I know I got the most use out of it.
2007-03-29 03:46:50 · 8 answers · asked by ----0---- 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Hi. I had a 386 running a 80MB (not a typo) for almost 10 years. But it failed late last year and took all the data with it. ALL harddrives eventually fail. The solid state drives are coming! Holographic after that. Then Quantum based. The future is bright!
2007-03-29 04:12:50 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it is almost impossible that you would have all the failures described, all at once. So logically troubleshooting this . . . The problem has to be in a component that all of the "bad" components have in common. You are leaning toward a bad motherboard. You could be right on that. It would make sense, logically. But don't forget the power supply! It's possible that your power supply is allowing your system to boot when it really shouldn't boot at all. Bad power could explain all your symptoms just as easily as a bad motherboard. You aren't going to narrow this down without swapping some components. It's a lot easier (and sometimes cheaper) to swap a power supply. So you should start there first. If you can't borrow a power supply from another system, buy yourself a GOOD quality ~650W power supply like an Antec Truepower New or Corsair TX series. That might just fix the problem. If it doesn't fix the problem, you've got a good power supply to start a complete rebuild with. You shouldn't use a used power supply in a new build anyway . . . And if you find the motherboard is bad, you might want to consider a complete rebuild anyway, seeing as you have a DDR2 mainboard. If you have to replace the mainboard, you are going to want new mainboard, CPU, RAM and power supply as a minimum. So you're most of the way to a new system if you find you need to replace the motherboard.
2016-03-17 04:28:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had 6 hard drives over a period of twenty years, I never had a failure. All were used in desktop computers.
2007-03-29 04:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had drives that have lasted 8 or 9 years, and kept moving them from computer to computer. Other times I've had them die after one or two years.
Just make sure to back up your computer!!!
2007-03-29 05:14:03 · answer #4 · answered by skeevisdotcom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1984 I built an IBM PC w/20 meg hard drive now days we only turn it on once a month or so to burn EPROMS.
Nothings been replaced in it since.
2007-03-29 12:56:07 · answer #5 · answered by Lewis C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had mine for about 8 years i think
it was a nice little 10gb
in a Pentium 2 computer
perfect
till i tried playing games
then it was not so good
as long as you do drive maintenance (scandisk and stuff) it should be good for a long time
also, avoid hitting it
2007-03-29 04:13:27 · answer #6 · answered by matenzi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive had the same hard drive on my comp since 2001.
Never had a single problom
2007-03-29 03:55:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seagate hard drives seem to last the longest.
2007-03-29 05:52:51 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can make it last longer if u connect a cooler to ur HDD, this kind of cooler goes on the upper side of the HDD and it fits on to a HDD empty slot, that should give u more life to the HDD but it will die eventually so backup often...
2007-03-29 06:40:05 · answer #9 · answered by crea_dpi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋