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To: goldworldnet who wrote (420)2/10/2017 7:14:51 PM
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but I generally retire drives soon after 20,000 hrs of use


I have a drive which has been spinning more less continuously since 2005. I recently replaced a fan in the cabinet. I haven't used it for anything but experiments for many years, but it is on 24x7.
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