On 2014-05-12, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Mon, 12 May 2014 01:43:16 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59...@care2.com> > wrote: >> I have a 500GB Western Digital hard drive that I bought in 2012 but it >> has never been unpacked and has been sitting on the shelf all this time. >> How long can it be considered 'new'? Is it safe to use? > > 2 Years in the original packaging on a shelf, in averaged normal > conditions = as new and reliable, as a brand spanking new HDD > A brand spanking new HDD could fail like an used, very old HDD.
Maybe he's got one of the "greens" that gets old fast (once very 8 seconds) if steps aren't taken. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnln1p1v.335.cu...@einstein.electron.org
