Re: hard drive

From	felix_unger <me@nothere.biz>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: hard drive
Date	2015-10-05 11:18 +1100
Message-ID	<d7dtv7FsogqU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 05-October-2015 9:31 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> On 5/10/2015 8:03 AM, felix_unger wrote:
>>> like everything else all depends on usage. I have drives that are 10
>>> years old still going strong
>>>
>> True but I'm not talking about drives stuck in a cupboard somewhere. My
>> drives in computers get used regularly. Backup drives not so much.
> Coming to you from an approx. 20yr old 2.1GB HDD (really, my newsreader
> needs to save posts to disk before sending). I'd give you an accurate
> date, but it doesn't do much SMART, so I'd have to take it out to get the
> date/model.

get speccy!.. http://www.piriform.com/speccy

>   It probably did spend a decade or so in storage before I put
> it in, but the other ~1.2GB one is the original 1995 era one which boots
> Windows 98. Though I have it on a switch which I leave off when booting
> to Linux, which is most of the time.
>
> Actually I can get the model info from the IDE data. Western Digital
> Caviar AC - 22100, but Optus seems to have stoped the domain of my
> usual HDD dating resource from resolving, so still no date. I'll have
> to start using a proxy if this keeps up...
>


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  Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-04 16:06 +1100
  Re: hard drive Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-10-04 14:00 +0800
  Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 17:51 +1100
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        Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 03:49 +1100
        Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-05 08:03 +1100
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          Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-05 08:20 +1100
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              Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-05 11:18 +1100
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              Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 00:50 +1100
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                Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 17:05 +1100
                Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 17:30 +1100
                Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 17:50 +1100
                Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 20:30 +1100
                Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 19:27 +1100
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                Re: hard drive not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-05 22:56 +0000
                Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 10:01 +1100
                Re: hard drive Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2015-10-06 01:40 +0000
                Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 10:15 +1100
                Re: hard drive Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2015-10-06 01:43 +0000
                Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 16:20 +1100
                Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 17:06 +1100
                Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 17:31 +1100
                Re: hard drive Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-06 17:53 +1100
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                Re: hard drive Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-10-08 07:59 +0800
                Re: hard drive Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-10-06 18:46 +0000
                Re: hard drive not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-06 21:15 +0000
                Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-07 10:12 +1100
                Re: hard drive Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-10-08 08:01 +0800
                Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 16:08 +1100
                Re: hard drive "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-10-08 15:18 +1000
                Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 17:07 +1100
                Re: hard drive "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-10-08 19:33 +1000
                Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 20:52 +1100
                Re: hard drive felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-08 19:01 +1100
                Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:55 +1100
      Re: hard drive Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-10-04 21:38 +0800
      Re: hard drive "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 03:47 +1100
  Re: hard drive Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 19:22 +1100
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