"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:22:42 +0100, "GT"
> <ContactGT_remove_@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>"Rookie" <rookie@hates.spam> wrote in message
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>>> "Mike" <nospam@email.com> wrote in
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>>>
>>>> I have 3 hard drives that are 8 years old and they still run great. 2
>>>> are maxtors and the other is WD. Should get rid of all 3 and get new
>>>> ones because they are so old? I never been through a hard drive
>>>> failure before and I dont want to experience it. Is there an app that
>>>> can test hard drives?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Check SMART status, if supported by drives, and backup (which should be
>>> done with every disk you use, unfortunately).
>>
>>Not on an 8 year old drive!
>
> IIRC, most if not all drives supported SMART 8 years ago.

Time flies!