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What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Pimping - Oct 7, 2025
I thought of making this thread since i have a hard drive that was 15 years old and it seems to have died on me recently (which is expected for how old it is)
whats your oldest hard drive that is still running? if you could share hours that would be great. think mine had 70k-80k hours in it
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Charlie Sheen - Oct 8, 2025
I've got one from like 2002 maybe 2001 that I can still hook up to my adapter and use. I don't know why I haven't gotten rid of it, I copied all the data off it a long time ago.
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Mech - Oct 8, 2025
I have a giant stack of old hard drives, I need to go through. God only knows what type of shit I'll find, with my luck I'm sure nothing of value or importance.
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Bastille - Oct 8, 2025
I don't use old hard drives because of the reliability, the oldest currently running is probably 5 years, but I have a bunch of hard drive I need to check, some of them are from the early 00s, crazy
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - The Joker - Oct 8, 2025
I've got a couple of them lying around that hopefully still works. Oldest is one from around 2010.
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Pimping - Oct 8, 2025
(Oct 8, 2025 02:20 AM)Charlie Sheen Wrote: I've got one from like 2002 maybe 2001 that I can still hook up to my adapter and use. I don't know why I haven't gotten rid of it, I copied all the data off it a long time ago.
Wow and it still works no issues?
I did have one around the same 2000-2001 when i got my first laptop. I still have the laptop somewhere at my parents house not sure if the drive still works in it
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Charlie Sheen - Oct 8, 2025
(Oct 8, 2025 09:04 PM)Pimping Wrote: Wow and it still works no issues?
I did have one around the same 2000-2001 when i got my first laptop. I still have the laptop somewhere at my parents house not sure if the drive still works in it
Yeah last time I hooked it up it worked no problems.
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Pimping - Oct 8, 2025
(Oct 8, 2025 09:11 PM)Charlie Sheen Wrote: Yeah last time I hooked it up it worked no problems.
Wow interesting
should do a SMART test on it and see if any bad blocks and how many hours it has
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - plops - Oct 8, 2025
My oldest drive is from 2015 (last touched). I am holding it it but I think its just movies like Tropic Thunder and Semi-Pro
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Phantom_NiNja - Oct 8, 2025
I have about 5 old hard drives some from the 90s. I still need to throw out but worried how to dispose it properly to not leak any info because they have my parent's tax records on them.
I also got those new hard drives Seagate exos 24 tb drives enterprise grade with helium sealed drives.
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - RangoWorld - Oct 9, 2025
I have one from 15 years. But it's not actively in use (it works) because it's like 250GB.
Fun fact. I have another SSD that's active that actually once belonged to US CIA - Classified. I got it from a friend - don't know how he got it.
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Pimping - Oct 9, 2025
(Oct 8, 2025 09:36 PM)Phantom_NiNja Wrote: I have about 5 old hard drives some from the 90s. I still need to throw out but worried how to dispose it properly to not leak any info because they have my parent's tax records on them.
I also got those new hard drives Seagate exos 24 tb drives enterprise grade with helium sealed drives.
Do you data hoard or what are you storing on those drives
looking to make a NAS and start hoarding soon. a lot of media/websites is being censored and seems to be going away so i want to start preserving the stuff i like
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - Jamika - Oct 10, 2025
10 years old i think , bought it and still alive , full of my old work and outdated films and games
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - HerrWinston - Oct 10, 2025
(Oct 8, 2025 06:10 AM)Mech Wrote: I have a giant stack of old hard drives, I need to go through. God only knows what type of shit I'll find, with my luck I'm sure nothing of value or importance.
If you have a few you dont need anymore and that work share with me lmao, I am in a big need of harddrives currently xD
For the thread, my oldest is about 9 years old, not too much looking at the numbers here but I love it, still running on this pc.
RE: What is the oldest harddrive you have that is still running? - plops - Oct 10, 2025
I have a couple that are lingering around since around 2012-2014. They still run if I spin them up. Not really sure why I still have them though lol