Comments on: How many hours have your hard disks been running ? http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:50:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Check Your Hard Drive’s Health with Crystal Disk Info http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-549784 Check Your Hard Drive’s Health with Crystal Disk Info Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:39:46 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-549784 [...] drive utility for Windows that displays a variety of information about a hard disk drive. “Hard Drive Diagnostic Tool Crystal Disk Info” by Martin of gHacks.net shows you the various bits you can check out in order to assess the [...] [...] drive utility for Windows that displays a variety of information about a hard disk drive. “Hard Drive Diagnostic Tool Crystal Disk Info” by Martin of gHacks.net shows you the various bits you can check out in order to assess the [...]

]]> By: BN http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-548340 BN Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:23:28 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-548340 something wrong with their download page here's the direct link http://release.crystaldew.info/abcd/CrystalDiskInfo20.zip something wrong with their download page

here’s the direct link

http://release.crystaldew.info/abcd/CrystalDiskInfo20.zip

]]> By: Simakuutio http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-548254 Simakuutio Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:50:38 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-548254 Duh... downloading from their site is failing...: Error in download_count on line 16. ./abcd/CrystalDiskInfo20.zip is already defined. Well, maybe next time... Duh… downloading from their site is failing…:

Error in download_count on line 16.
./abcd/CrystalDiskInfo20.zip is already defined.

Well, maybe next time…

]]> By: Hard Drive Diagnostic Tool Crystal Disk Info http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-548212 Hard Drive Diagnostic Tool Crystal Disk Info Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:45:37 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-548212 [...] Crystal Disk Info has been covered before at Ghacks as a tool to display the hours a hard drive has been running. The hard drive diagnostic tool can do a lot more than that however but more about that later in the article. The software program is a portable application that can immediately displays information about connected hard drives (IDE, SATA and SSD) like the current transfer mode, the power on count and the power on hours. [...] [...] Crystal Disk Info has been covered before at Ghacks as a tool to display the hours a hard drive has been running. The hard drive diagnostic tool can do a lot more than that however but more about that later in the article. The software program is a portable application that can immediately displays information about connected hard drives (IDE, SATA and SSD) like the current transfer mode, the power on count and the power on hours. [...]

]]> By: Hard Disku kompjuterit tone dhe vera e nxehte | Blog.Lirenti.com http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-389677 Hard Disku kompjuterit tone dhe vera e nxehte | Blog.Lirenti.com Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:55:13 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-389677 [...] ghacks Shto [...] [...] ghacks Shto [...]

]]> By: Bruno http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388934 Bruno Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:54:40 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388934 for me too, strange result for Power on Hours : 64?hours but it saids "caution" for my first hard drive, and I know that it's true (power on count : 2549) for me too, strange result for Power on Hours : 64?hours
but it saids “caution” for my first hard drive, and I know that it’s true (power on count : 2549)

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388924 Martin Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:45:58 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388924 That's damn hot Litschi :) That’s damn hot Litschi :)

]]> By: Di tutto e di più sul vostro Hard Disk con Crystal Disk Info - Geekissimo http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388832 Di tutto e di più sul vostro Hard Disk con Crystal Disk Info - Geekissimo Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:06:30 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388832 [...] contatore collegati al pulsante d’accensione del computer. Ok facciamo i seri. Ho scoperto su gHacks che esiste un software, Crystal Disk Info, in grado di mostrare tutte le informazioni relative ai [...] [...] contatore collegati al pulsante d’accensione del computer. Ok facciamo i seri. Ho scoperto su gHacks che esiste un software, Crystal Disk Info, in grado di mostrare tutte le informazioni relative ai [...]

]]> By: Litschi http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388790 Litschi Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:23:36 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388790 I've tested it on 3 PCs and got always strange results, like this one... (<a href="http://www.litschi.de/temp/crystaldisk.jpg" rel="nofollow">link to image</a>) I’ve tested it on 3 PCs and got always strange results, like this one… (link to image)

]]> By: Emil http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388370 Emil Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:05:46 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388370 My my... 2248 hours and 284 power ups for about 5 months, I need to use it less ??? My my…

2248 hours and 284 power ups for about 5 months, I need to use it less ???

]]> By: Womble http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388232 Womble Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:11:02 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388232 My Raptor has done 8451 hours. interesting that my greenpower drive run's a degree hotter than my raptor, but quite good when you factor that the green power is a 4 platter 1Tb drive the Raptor is of course single platter 36Gb drive. My Raptor has done 8451 hours.

interesting that my greenpower drive run’s a degree hotter than my raptor, but quite good when you factor that the green power is a 4 platter 1Tb drive the Raptor is of course single platter 36Gb drive.

]]> By: Dante http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388128 Dante Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:57:07 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388128 Don't need no steenkin software to tell me :) My harddrives are 24/7. That's also why I no longer buy Western Digitals. They just plain sucks - built to crash. Don’t need no steenkin software to tell me :)

My harddrives are 24/7. That’s also why I no longer buy Western Digitals. They just plain sucks – built to crash.

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388091 Martin Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:25:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388091 Rarst it was shortly after system boot :) Rarst it was shortly after system boot :)

]]> By: Rarst http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-388085 Rarst Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:20:39 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-388085 28781 hours for mine. Too lazy to look for purchase date, around 3+ years. >23C Are you keeping yours in the freezer?.. :) >The temperature of the hard drive can be a cause for system crashes. It if goes to high it can lead to data loss and errors. Dumb IT mythology. I hadn't ever seen HDD dead from thermal damage alone. You must practically fry it by running at 60+C to achieve overheat. Anything up to 50C is pretty comfortable temperature for HDD and it's hard to get more in average computer case. 28781 hours for mine. Too lazy to look for purchase date, around 3+ years.

>23C
Are you keeping yours in the freezer?.. :)

>The temperature of the hard drive can be a cause for system crashes. It if goes to high it can lead to data loss and errors.

Dumb IT mythology. I hadn’t ever seen HDD dead from thermal damage alone. You must practically fry it by running at 60+C to achieve overheat. Anything up to 50C is pretty comfortable temperature for HDD and it’s hard to get more in average computer case.

]]> By: Keule http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-387935 Keule Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:18:40 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-387935 3,8 years on my side. 3,8 years on my side.

]]> By: Thinker http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-387760 Thinker Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:03:48 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-387760 It don't works with my 2x250 sata raid :( It don’t works with my 2×250 sata raid :(

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-387747 Martin Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:39:46 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-387747 Cagliostro that's a lot for a year I think ;) Cagliostro that’s a lot for a year I think ;)

]]> By: Cagliostro http://www.ghacks.net/2008/06/29/how-many-hours-have-your-hard-disks-been-running/#comment-387736 Cagliostro Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:29:30 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=5139#comment-387736 My notebook hard disk was powered on 886 times and active 3615h. As it's about a year old that's more than i thought. My notebook hard disk was powered on 886 times and active 3615h. As it’s about a year old that’s more than i thought.

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