Utility to read Manufacture Date?

[Mugsy]

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.

 

[popatim]

Isn't right on the drives label?
if not yuo can go the manufacturers warranty verification site and enter the serial # 🙂

 

[Mugsy]

Isn't right on the drives label?
if not yuo can go the manufacturers warranty verification site and enter the serial # 🙂

Let me rephrase that:

Any way to obtain the manufacture date without opening my case or removing my drive(s)?

 

[fzabkar]

The ATA standard does not provide a command to retrieve the drive's manufacture date. However, there are tools, mostly commercial, that make use of Vendor Specific Commands. Depending on the model, there may be freeware methods to do what you want.

 

[Mugsy]

The ATA standard does not provide a command to retrieve the drive's manufacture date. However, there are tools, mostly commercial, that make use of Vendor Specific Commands. Depending on the model, there may be freeware methods to do what you want.

Thanks. I've read that I can find the date if I have the serial number. Is there any way to read at least the SN#?

 

[fzabkar]

CrystalDiskInfo, HD Sentinel, HDDScan, smartmontools, etc.

Just about any HDD tool should do it.

 

[Mugsy]

CrystalDiskInfo, HD Sentinel, HDDScan, smartmontools, etc.

Just about any HDD tool should do it.

Thanks. "CrystalDiskInfo" seems to work, though I'm not seeing a "serial#" field in the others' screenshots.