Mike Kauspedas wrote: >> This is a little off-topic, but... Hard drives have a life-span, it is >> normally 5 years, they will eventually go bad.
And Liliana Velazco responded: > I disagree. There's really no way of knowing how long a harddrive will last, > some do less some last longer, unless the brand name has a history of bad > harddrives. My point is I've seen 15 year old harddrives still working, I do > have a few since I fix a lot of old macs, there's a lot of dead ones but there > are some that are still good and in perfect shape. She's right. Our first computer, an SE (c1987) with a 20MB HD, is functioning to this day; the monitor eventually went out, but not the drive. Another SE of the same vintage was working perfectly when I donated it two months ago, ditto a somewhat newer Classic II with a slightly larger HD. But although Mike's estimate of drive life seems to me overly pessimistic, the advice to "back up as often as possible, unless you don't care" should come as standard equipment with every new (or old) computer -- not that anyone would pay attention. At least not till they had to fork out thousands (!) of dollars to recover a year's (a *year's*!!) lost work. Best, Victoria -- "Loyalty to the country always, loyalty to the government when it deserves it." Samuel Clemens -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
