How long do you hard drives last for?

[Cactus Jack]

I have a 20gb from IBM that is 4 years old and was still running when I took it out a few months ago.

The rest of my drives are 2 years old or younger and are still going strong.

[kc8apf]

All my drives are in 24/7 use

8GB WD Caviar - 6+ years
9GB Seagate SCSI - 1 year
18GB Seagate SCSI - 2 years
(4) 23GB Seagate Elite 23 - 2 years
120GB IBM Deskstar - 6 months

[Mad_Pyro]

Toshiba 40GB laptop drive - 2 weeks
Toshiba 40GB laptop drive - >14 months*

Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB - >2yrs*
Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB - >2yrs*
Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB - >2yrs*
Western Digital 160GB 8MB cache - >9 days*
Western Digital 160GB 8MB cache - >9 days*


*-still running