I wanted to share something I think your engineering team—and maybe your marketing folks—might get a kick out of.
Back in early 2008, I purchased a WD10EACS Green 1TB drive. It’s been running nearly 24/7 since then. As of this month (April 2025), it just crossed 128,000 power-on hours. That’s over 14.8 years of continuous operation—without a single reallocated sector, no pending sectors, no CRC errors, and still holding strong at 100% health in CrystalDiskInfo.
I’ve affectionately named the drive “WD150k or Bust” and begun documenting its journey as a personal tribute project. The goal? Hit 150,000 hours of active use—because why not let a legend finish its run?
I’ve preserved screenshots of the SMART data along the way, and once it reaches the milestone, I’m planning to set the drive in epoxy, connector capped, and frame it alongside the 150k-hour CrystalDisk printout—a sort of digital time capsule, so it could theoretically be booted up in 2130 by someone curious enough.
The project’s taken on a bit of a life of its own. I’ve been joking about launching my own fictional drive line called “The Adjudicator Series” with the tagline:
“When others crash and burn, we just keep counting the hours.”
And I’ve coined the term “WD150k Certified” to describe PC builds engineered for maximum endurance.
Of course, it’s all in good fun—but I thought you might appreciate seeing how far one of your Green drives has gone in the wild. If any of your engineers or legacy teams would like to comment, I’d be thrilled to feature it on the project page once it’s live.
Thanks for making something that’s clearly stood the test of time.
This thing didn’t just survive—it’s become part of my digital history.
Sincerely,
ReN
(aka “WD150k Project Curator”)
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