One of my old HDD's died yesterday. The drive was pretty old (back when 500GB was considered "massive".)
I lost a lot of stuff but I also had a lot of it backed up, so the loss isn't devastating.
To avoid this problem in the future, I think it best to physically replace a drive once it reaches about 5-6 years of age (they usually are relegated as just "storage" by that point with newer drives taking over most duties.)
Problem is, how do I know exactly how old each drive is? Is there a program that can report the date a drive was manufactured?
Thx.
I lost a lot of stuff but I also had a lot of it backed up, so the loss isn't devastating.
To avoid this problem in the future, I think it best to physically replace a drive once it reaches about 5-6 years of age (they usually are relegated as just "storage" by that point with newer drives taking over most duties.)
Problem is, how do I know exactly how old each drive is? Is there a program that can report the date a drive was manufactured?
Thx.