[rescue] limited shelf life of hard drives ?

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Tue, 02 May 2006 @ 23:02 -0400, Mike Nicewonger said:

> Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
> 
> > ... that they'll spin up after the 6-8 or more years they have been  
> > idle and access every last bit
> > stored on them....  yet the crap they make today dies if not used !?
> 
> They die even faster when used.

Where on Earth do you buy your drives, so I can avoid them?

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