how long does it last your mobile hdd?

[roninblade]

got an old notebook from the late 90's. hard disk is still working.

[radiazone]

seguro maganda sa mobile hdd mga hitachi lang seguro..

ewan ko ba nadedo etong WD scorpio ko after 3 days of not using my lappy ayun no boot device na, dvdrw na lng nadetect.. balik ko na lng sa original na hitachi na medyo maingay...

madaling uminit ung WD scorpio kay sa hitachi na original with the package..

[userfriendly]

Check mo muna yung hard drive baka lumuwag lang. Happened to me before. If its connected properly to the laptop, you can go to Western Digital's website and download a disk checking utility. I think its called lifeguard. Or you can try Seagates Seatools disk diagnostic software, downloadable form seagate.

[Radical!]

ASUS A2S my HDD fizzled out on the 30th month...Burned a hole in my pocket to replace it. What hurt most was when I failed to back up the data...

[radiazone]

ASUS A2S my HDD fizzled out on the 30th month...Burned a hole in my pocket to replace it. What hurt most was when I failed to back up the data...

yun na nga problema eh, more than 20GB pic ang di ko pa natransfer sa desktop..

parang pangit ata quality netong mga 2.5HD ngayon,parang di matibay gaya ng dati...

[drey]

they said an HDD will last for 5 years? Totoo ba to'? I have big files in my HD and I dont want to hurt myself of writing it all to DVD.

[Jun aka Pekto]

they said an HDD will last for 5 years? Totoo ba to'? I have big files in my HD and I dont want to hurt myself of writing it all to DVD.

I had a 1.6gb WD hdd from 1995 that lasted until 2002. It was used as a primary hard drive first and then just as a storage device later.

I imagine a hard drive that's used simply for storage should last longer than a hard drive that's used to hold games, the operating system, page file, etc since the latter is being accessed all the time while the former can be turned off or disconnected when not in use.

I haven't yet had a hard drive that didn't last less than 5 years. I do have a 40gb Maxtor that seems a little flaky and might break soon. But, even it I already had since 2002.

Also, every hard drive I've bought are the retail versions (plastic-sealed big box full with shock-absorbing material, utility cd/floppy) except for one......Yep. That 40gb Maxtor. It's OEM. Oh. That usb2 2.5" WDD is also OEM. It just seems to me that retail hard drives lasts longer than OEM ones.