First post, by TheAbandonwareGuy
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This can't be remotely right can it? I have a Hitachi Deskstar that i pulled from an e-machines that had enough dust in it to jam the CD Drive and fans outright and to turn the entire inside earth tone that reports via S.M.A.R.T. 62000 hours of Power On time. For reference theres 8500 or so hours in a year and 70080 hours in 8 years (the age of this drive) which means this drive has been powered on in that PC for over 7 years worth of time. Are hard drives suppose to last that long? I tested it with Seatools: Passed with flying colors. SMART error maybe? I don't understand how a drive can still be operating correctly (although based on the amount of dust it had the PC could very well have had that much running time...) Should I just toss this drive before it fails or this a normal lifespan for a drive?
Anyone else have a drive with that much power on time?
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