Hard to say. I have an old 20GB 4200rpm IBM that is still alive. Got it when P3 pa ang top of the line. Its now used as a usb drive for back ups. I have 2 other drives a Samsung and a Hitachi, both are over 2 years old and still working great.
The Hitachi 2.5" 40gb 5400rpm hdd in my laptop's still alive. I bought the laptop in 2003 and replaced the slow 4200rpm hdd with the faster Hitachi.
Here's also a couple of external hard drives I use. The Crossfire in the background is a firewire enclosure with a 3.5" 120gb WD 7200rpm hdd. I also bought it back in 2003.
The one in the foreground is a DIY usb2 enclosure. I picked it because its circuitry is good enough to make it as quick as my firewire hdd. Inside is a 2.5" 60gb WD 5400rpm hdd. I got in 2004.....er nope. I got it in 2005.
Last edited by Jun aka Pekto; June 27th, 2007 at 07:31 PM.
checked out my 80gig iomega ext hdd... warranty was until june 2005 so mga june 2004 pa sha... till now im still using it... backing up files and pictures.. i even used to it move my old files from an old system... baka nga it depends on your usage nga...
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..