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jellosponge   10-12-2009 at 01:03:54 AM

I would like to know if there is a utility that will tell me how many hours a hard drive has been used. Is there such a thing? I would like to know if i am getting a true new replacement drive or a drive with a couple thousand hours on it. There has to be something.

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JS

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Use a utility such as "DiskCheckup" which can read and display the SMART data reported by the drive.
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Bronze Storage badge sminlal   10-12-2009 at 02:08:12 AM
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Use a utility such as "DiskCheckup" which can read and display the SMART data reported by the drive.

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Bronze Storage badge sub mesa   10-12-2009 at 03:06:11 AM

Yeah just checked my smart output and its labeled Power_On_Hours. Here's a snippet of my output:

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  1. ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG    VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  2.   9 Power_On_Hours          0x0012  099  099  000    Old_age  Always      -      8944


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Bronze Storage badge sub mesa   10-12-2009 at 03:08:21 AM

Forgot to add: look at the RAW value not those threshold values they are not so useful. The raw value of 8944 means 8944 hours, which is little over a year of running time.

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JackNaylorPE   10-12-2009 at 03:14:31 AM

The manufacture date on the label should be a pretty good clue.

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