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Hello all. Isn't there a software program that can tell you the number of hours a hard drive has been in use along with some other data bout the drive? I can't seem to find the right combination of words for Google to locate it for me.

Thanks to any who might remember.

Is this what you are looking for http://www.hdtune.com/ to give you the power on time?

That has the information I want alright. It seems there was a differnt program than that posted on this forum before. But that program works for me, Thanks!

It shows the "on" time in hours, so it takes a little math to get the time in months or years. It is very useful in determining how much warranty one might have left or when it would be a good idea when to start shopping for a replacement. It is amazing how quickly the years of on time go by.

SeaTools will tell you if you have Seagate drives.

@oldwizkid ,, hey there. would you mind sharing the details about the application you had used to figure out your hard disk's age? i am desperately in need of it. please help.

http://www.hdtune.com/ Worked for me. Seagate tool: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?l ... 04090aRCRD

If you have an SSD, and not an HDD, you might try this: http://ssd-life.com/ For both HDDs and SSDs, you can try CrystalDiskInfo 4.1.1

I think this is all moot, so let's simplify this a bit.

The hours operated do not matter, but rather a flat and very firm build date. Most are 3 years with 5 years for some newer or higher end drives. The rule of thumb is 3 years though, and that should be on the label. They don't care how long it was actually used one bit.

My point is: If it's built in 8/07, it doesn't matter if it only ran for 5 minutes. If it's out of the printed warranty period, it's out. Doesn't even matter if it sat on the shelf for 3 years and you just got it yesterday...it's out of warranty if it had a 3 year stated period. The thing is, they'll probably say "no" even if you show them any other proof that it never turned a spindle once. I mean, I have an old Quantum Fireball that might have ran 7 months, always on, and there's no way I could ever get it replaced.

Warranties are black and white with no gray. They're based upon the day they released it from their factory and into circulation. To even start a warranty process, you enter the Model# and SN#, it's in their data base, and you proceed from their info or you don't.