Utility to read Manufacture Date?

Mugsy

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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.
 


Let me rephrase that:

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


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#?
 


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