No, what I meant is that if you leave a computer unused for so long there is most likely nothing much in the way of data on it that you actually need or want.


Venkat Viswanathan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>joseph marty's post (clipped)
>
><<<< Presumably, if you've left the old one sitting around for so long that you don't remember the password, there is no data still on it that you want to recover>>>>
>
> Does this mean that if a hdd with data remains unused for say 2/3 years(properly packed or sitting inside the computer) one is likely to loose all the data and the hdd is toast?
>
> it will be interesting to know about this.
>
>

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