2 year old hard drive, still new in box

[bgc99]

I'm wondering if anyone thinks using a "new" hard drive that has been sitting in the box for almost 2 years would be looking for trouble?

BGC

 

[feelingshorter]

no....

 

[duckdown]

god no

send it to me if you're nervous

 

[phisrow]

Should be absolutely fine. Hard drives go bad with use, eventually, due to the continual rotation. I wouldn't trust it so much after a century in the box(the lubricants might well have degraded chemically at some point) but within a few years you'll be fine.

 

[lenjack]

Use it...don't hesitate.

 

[CraigRT]

It'll probably be fine! Unless it's a Maxtor 😛

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
It'll probably be fine! Unless it's a Maxtor 😛

Ahahaha! I was just gonna post the exact same thing! 🙂

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: CraigRT
It'll probably be fine! Unless it's a Maxtor 😛

Ahahaha! I was just gonna post the exact same thing! 🙂

hahaha!!
We also have the same avatar.. perhaps you are angry about Maxtors products in general like myself? 😛 I have nothing but probs with their JUNK personally.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
It'll probably be fine! Unless it's a Maxtor 😛

my other comp is running on a 5 year old maxtor just fine 😕

hell i think the 3rd one is running on a even older 20 gig maxtor/quantum that i ripped out of a p2/p3 system my school was throwing away

 

[Sqube]

The only drive I ever had kick off on me was a Western Digital...

That said, if you're worried about the drive, you can send it to me and I'll perform... extensive testing for you.

 

[n0tdan]

i've had 2 40GB maxtors for a number of years, a 120GB maxtor for about 2 years, and a 200GB maxtor for about a year. Never had any problems with them. The only HD i ever had problems with was a 6.4GB quantam(sp?) died in about 1 week, stayed with maxtor ever since.

 

[Oyeve]

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: Oyeve

Originally posted by: CraigRT
It'll probably be fine! Unless it's a Maxtor 😛

Ahahaha! I was just gonna post the exact same thing! 🙂

hahaha!!
We also have the same avatar.. perhaps you are angry about Maxtors products in general like myself? 😛 I have nothing but probs with their JUNK personally.

I personally hate maxtor. Every drive that has ever failed in my life has been a maxtor. But never at home. Even tho I hate em I have 3 of em at home that hasnt crapped out. (got great deals on em), Its always been at work when they fail. they have made my job miserable for years!

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

Hi, There should be no problems using the drive! Jim

 

[JBT]

should be good to good. Maxtor has always been great to me.

 

[mooglekit]

You're golden. I'm with Oyeve, Maxtor drives make my work life miserable...

 

[bgc99]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
It'll probably be fine! Unless it's a Maxtor 😛

Yep, it's a Maxtor Black Friday deal from 2 yrs ago. It will be going into a system for my parents that will be created by using parts from my existing system when I build my new one shortly.

My system will contain 2 Seagate 250GB 7200.8 SATA drives! 🙂

Thanks,
BGC

 

[yosuke188]

JUST DO IT

 

[Oyeve]

If you dont need it and its sealed sell it. 🙂