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To: goldworldnet who wrote (99716)1/20/2018 8:30:41 PM
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I was asked PM how to know when a drive is getting old.

CrystalDiskInfo is a fantastic free utility and reports SMART errors and hours of use and temperature for any internal drive.

CrystalDiskInfo Download

osdn.net

More about S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology

en.wikipedia.org.

Typically I retire drives or put them on light duty before 30 thousand hours and any drive reporting SMART errors should be backed-up immediately.

Josh

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