How's your old spinner holding up?

[AUTOEXEC.BAT]

ST-157A
44MB

Still working.
Theretroweb shows an image with a datestamp from 1991. So i think this model is from end 80's begin 90s'

 

[nageme]

ST-157A
44MB
Still working.

And it's Seagate. Like I said earlier, one can't generalize. There are good models.

It shows up in device view as WL4000GSA6454, which lines up closer to unlisted 4TB mediamax units but this one is a 4.9TB unit and yes I have filled it enough to confirm it's well over the 4TB mark.
All the others like it will show up as ~4471.2GB usable and this is 4564GB usable.

Others you have?
Whether 4.8TB or 4.9TB, both are odd. The only thing I can think of is a 5TB (or 6TB) HDD with bad sectors made hidden somehow.

 

[Hyderz]

Could it have been physical trauma?

I also got the impression, including based on the Backblaze statistics, that Seagate has more dodgy models than other manufacturers.
But it's not a scientific study. Some Seagate models may be/are good, and other manufacturers also have less reliable models on occasion.

The thing is i looked after the drive well, always eject the damn thing before unplugging from the computer.... you could i ended up with a bad batch...
but looking all your holidays pics is not something i want to go through again... and since you showed me the failure rates of seagate drives just proves their build quality is not up to standard compared to WD or toshiba spinners... i havent purchased any seagate ssds... but not gonna start

 

[lexluthermiester]

ST-157A
44MB

Still working.
Theretroweb shows an image with a datestamp from 1991. So i think this model is from end 80's begin 90s'

View attachment 384177

Yup, that's a late 80's drive. Still cool though!

 

[AUTOEXEC.BAT]

And i have this drive from 1988

Magnetic Perhiperals, type 94205-51
MFM Drive

 

[SPDIF]

The oldest drive i have is a Samsung HDD from the year 1998. IDE drive with a total of 3.2Gb space!

Followed by my famous WD Raptor from 2003 with 74 Gb total capacity and 10.000rpm. They both still work okay! If you handle them with some love they will serve you long time!
The Raptor appeared dead after years, but i removed the circuit board, cleaned all oxidized contacts, and it did live again! Happy no dead sectors or anything.
I use them in old rigs with Windows 98 and so on, but i always handle them now with extreme care.

Or this old boy;

 

[windwhirl]

I got a few spinners in here, they're doing OK so far, but two of them are fairly new so they still got at least 5 to 10 years left in them before I even start considering a replacement.
A Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB drive, bought in... I think 2015/2016
A Seagate Ironwolf 10 TB drive, bought in 2020
And a Ironwolf 8TB drive, bought in 2024.