🚀 go-pugleaf

>The hard disks tend to last about three years before they start to go bad.
>Historically, we've just tossed them out and replaced them. We've not bother
>with doing a low-level format or otherwise trying to restore them to health,
>the rationale being that the replacement costs are low and extracting anothe
>six months or so of life isn't worth the bother.

>I'd like to know if this is a sensible policy? What actually goes bad in the
>drive? If the bearings and mechanical parts are actually good for many years
>then perhaps we're being wasteful by throwing them out and, instead,
>should just reformat them every few years and keep on using them? I've seen
>software adverstised that claims that we should do this, but I've no idea ho
>good it really works?  I'd sure appreciate any knowledgable advice. Thanks.

I think you should definitely continue tossing them out.  In fact, I'll
e-mail you my address and you can send them to me when you toss them
out.  :^)

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