Comments on: For how long have I been using my computer?

By: Simos

Simos — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:29:52 +0000

It’s not precise to give a figure such as 99%. This implies that you have checked at least 100 computers and you found that only one was working. It is preferred to say something along the lines of “the vast majority of the computers that I came across”.

Personally the hard disks that I came across had S.M.A.R.T. working and there was data to extract. Perhaps this is a regional thing.

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By: Panos

Panos — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:05:54 +0000

S.M.A.R.T. function in 99% of the computers is coming OFF from the BIOS. That means you cannot track anything. The easiest way to find how old a PC is, is to check the dates of the folders created under c:\windows and c:\windows\system32 or c:\documents and settings.

If it has being used sparingly the browser history will be near empty, as the coockies too.

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