Greetings ( + )!( + ) On Nov 5, 2006, at 2:53 PM, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: > On 05-11-2006 22:21, Robert MacLeay, robertmacleay at mac.com, wrote: > >> Assuming it has been in regular use, I would not depend on any five >> year old >> hard disk in any computer. Replace it. > > HMM, my 10 yrs old Seagate Cheetah's and Barracuda's in Micronet > DataDocks > work still flawlessly! > > Jo Hissel > ______________________________________________ Product Info: Western Digital WD400BB Hard Drive EIDE 40.0GB * Mean time before failure * 500,000 hour(s) That's just a little over 57 Years, I've been in the computer industry since 1964 and have never had a disk drive failure, just lucky I guess. The only reason that I've ever replace a drive is because I wanted a larger drive. ---------------------------------------------------- Cheers, /\*_*/\ Harry (*^_^*) * If pro is the opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? Congress! Men's restroom House of Representatives, Washington, DC