Hard Drive Quiz/Poll

[Gareth]

Howdy, I've just found out a hard drive has an incredible lifetime, take a guess upon the estimated lifeline.

Poll closes 1 week from now. Answer will be released then also.

[Ciro]

Said 110 Years

But they do deteriate over the years. The older they get the slower they get. Some people have only had them for 4-5 years before they die.

[Jameson]

i hate hard drives, when will we all be using solid state drives, i've already been waiting 5 years for these to get cheaper and start to shows signs of hitting the mainstream.

(chose 110 years even though I really wanted to say 6 months )

[PressESCtoquiT]

voted for 104 yrs.?
damn if this is true processors should last for what 250 yrs.

[Gareth]

Just looked at results, scores will be posted on the weekend.

Hint: This guess has hardly been chosen or picked at all.

[Gareth]

And the answer is

114 Years

Mine lasted 1 1/2 years :mad:

[say what]

i have 2 hard drives that are 4+ years old and they still work like new

[Jameson]

And the answer is

114 Years

Mine lasted 1 1/2 years :mad:

yeah but this 114 years stuff is probably if its left in its packaging in a warehouse, go back 100 years later and chances are it will still work if you install it.

Actual lifespan of a running hard drive is part of the spec, the MTBF (mean time beteen failure), in hitachi's case i think it must be about 20 minutes...perhaps 25 minutes if you get a good one.

[Gareth]

yeah but this 114 years stuff is probably if its left in its packaging in a warehouse, go back 100 years later and chances are it will still work if you install it.

Actual lifespan of a running hard drive is part of the spec, the MTBF (mean time beteen failure), in hitachi's case i think it must be about 20 minutes...perhaps 25 minutes if you get a good one.

That is Hilarius, very well put

[FlippyKid]

i think mine is already dead XD

[mitze90]

Argh, i just bought a Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435) please tell me that hitachi's arnt really unrealible! Haha.

[Wayne]

Lol how has this length of time been tested ? Have hard drives raelly been around that long

[Yblad]

the oldest working one i ever had was 11years, and its still going as a tiny second hard drive in my mates pc.its almost 12years now infact.its a little slow, but it runs.he uses it when he reformats to hold on to important documents. It was pretty state-of-the-art back then, at 1.92gb! shows how much we'v come forward in a decade.

p.s this is a realy old thread but i like my story :P

[jbo5112]

Isn't that just based on the MTBF? Those numbers assume you're replacing the drive periodically, I think based on when the retail warranty is up.