On 2.6.2013 18:04, Celejar wrote:
2) What should I do to attempt to preserve whatever life it has left? hdparm -B 254/255? Anything else?
http://idle3-tools.sourceforge.net/ (For linux) http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=609&sid=113 (For DOS)You could increase idle timer to slow down counter (Not sure if this preserve or weaken life time).
Googling shows over 6M values, no need to worry.