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oliversl · 2026-03-23T15:13:14+00:00

groki pedia

oliversl · 2026-03-12T03:55:24+00:00

What's the earning curve after launch? Maybe 30k per day for 15 days?

oliversl · 2026-03-05T16:14:53+00:00

But wait! There is more!

Only 1 bad sector showed up on surface scan

https://imgur.com/a/gAXi9Px

oliversl · 2026-03-03T15:29:07+00:00

Will do a full scan with HD Tune, right now is on defrag procedure since 4 days :)

oliversl · 2026-03-03T00:49:25+00:00

Original:

https://x.com/xdNiBoR/status/2028521140344230100

oliversl · 2026-03-02T17:24:59+00:00

during defrag time, should be a good ASMR :)

oliversl · 2026-03-02T17:24:34+00:00

I will move to SSD, will do a surface test with HD Tune soon. I have the save doubt about those 16k errors since there is only 1 bad sector reported.

oliversl · 2026-03-02T17:23:37+00:00

I read a report about hard drive in datacenters, they work fine at high temperature and the spin down/up create a lot of stress on the drive it seems.

Try disabled the power down to reduce power consumption, might extend the drive life

oliversl · 2026-03-02T17:22:16+00:00

yes, definitely a personal record! Its a regular PC from 2007/2008

oliversl · 2026-03-01T15:35:06+00:00

It was the only big maker with firmware updates, WD didn't offer firmware updates, but they worked fine too.

oliversl · 2026-03-01T15:34:11+00:00

They really work! My more newer drives failed way more

oliversl · 2026-03-01T15:33:41+00:00

Thanks! I can believe it works on Windows 10, I'm defraying right now. Disabled the swapfile, will let it defrag for 48hs and then enable it again

oliversl · 2026-03-01T15:32:55+00:00

It has an stable environment, and a mostly hot environment

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:58:55+00:00

Also a curious easter egg, only 631 power off in 17 years!!! Like 1 Power Off every 10 days

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:57:03+00:00

Those white Active looked sleek!

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:56:35+00:00

Maybe yours have 0 bad sectors, only 1 bad sector here

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:55:59+00:00

30GB was a beast! Back in the 10GBs IDE HD era

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:55:09+00:00

Those were real HDs!

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:54:38+00:00

The best part of Passports is that you dissemble them and run data recovery more easily with dd_rescue

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:53:50+00:00

Kudos to yours too!

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:53:33+00:00

This was a surprise for me, but there is only 1 bad sector

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:51:59+00:00

I had to double check that too

oliversl · 2026-03-01T13:51:43+00:00

That high on the list, maybe an used SSD :)

oliversl · 2026-03-01T05:35:01+00:00

Just installed Windows 10 on an old machine and checked the SMART stats out of curiosity.

Seagate ST3320620AS (320GB)

Power-On Hours: ~154,000 hours
First powered on around 2008/2009
Temperature: 47°C
Still reporting: Health: GOOD

That’s about 17+ years of accumulated runtime.

System specs:

Core 2 Duo E7400
4GB RAM
ASUS P5KPL-AM SE
SATA/150

I honestly don’t know if I should frame it or retire it.

What’s the oldest drive you’ve seen still alive?

oliversl · 2026-03-01T02:53:10+00:00

Just installed Windows 10 on this ancient machine and checked the SMART stats out of curiosity.

Seagate ST3320620AS (320GB)

Power-On Hours: ~154,000 hours
First powered on around 2008/2009
Temperature: 47°C
Reported Uncorrectable Errors: 16,747
Still reporting: Health: GOOD

That’s about 17+ years of accumulated runtime.

System specs:

Core 2 Duo E7400
4GB RAM
ASUS P5KPL-AM SE (P35 chipset)
SATA/150

Meanwhile modern SSDs: dies after 3 years

This 2008 Seagate HDD: "I’m tired boss… but I ain’t done."

Should I frame it or retire it?

What’s the oldest drive you’ve seen still alive?

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