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hddbug

Post subject: Shelf Life of modern Hard disks ,

Posted: December 30th, 2007, 1:16

Joined: August 6th, 2007, 13:12
Posts: 181
Location: India

Hi
I have a query from one of my customer. They want to preserve data for long time . My query is if drive is kept in temperature controlled environment , for how many years data will be retained? Is there any need to power on drive drive in order to keep it working?
Wishing a warm new year 2008
Hddbug

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dobrevjetser

Post subject: Re: Shelf Life of modern Hard disks ,

Posted: December 30th, 2007, 6:26

Joined: December 27th, 2006, 10:15
Posts: 1852
Location: Belgium

Hi Hddbug,

I've still got an Olivetti M24 with a 20MB harddisk from 1986, which has NOT been in a temperature controlled environment and is still working!
I have no idea about modern harddisks. Perhaps some guru can shed some light on this.

Dobre

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TerraNova

Post subject: Re: Shelf Life of modern Hard disks ,

Posted: December 31st, 2007, 2:46

Joined: August 8th, 2007, 6:32
Posts: 1238
Location: inside ROM

a good source of PSU, proper cooling and regular defrag i think will expand the life of hdd.

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