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From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 01:20:13 -0600
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Subject: Re: Stored hard drive failure?
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On Oct 5, 2005, at 1:13 AM, K Anderson wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I thought a saw a thread on something like this but I can't seem to  
> find it
> so I figure I might as well ask and see what turns up.
>
> The scenario:
> I use a hard drive to mirror my main hard drive. I then pull the  
> alternate
> hard drive off the system and store it for later use should the  
> primary
> drive fail, or the system as a whole fails.
>
> How long can the hard drive sit on the shelf before some sort of  
> natural
> cause that prevents it from spinning up properly?

How long are you storing them for?  I would think that the data on  
the disk would quickly become out of date and stale before any  
physical issues would arise.

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