RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last?

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Posted by Tony Lauck (A) on December 7, 2015 at 12:40:18

In Reply to: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? posted by My name is Fred on December 7, 2015 at 12:14:14:

If you don't have your data on at least three separate hard drives, and at most two of them ever connected to the same computer at one time, then you should expect to lose all of your data. (For example, if you just have two drives and you are backing one up with the other and your computer gets a power zap or has some kind of bad glitch it can trash both of your drives. Ditto for malware...)

If your drive does fail, there is a chance that some of the data on it can be recovered by a data recovery service. However, these people charge big bucks and are not always successful. Considering the cost of hard drives, this is not the way to go....

Tony Lauck

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Topic - How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - My name is Fred 12:14:14 12/07/15 (10)

I must have put that rather badly... - My name is Fred 05:05:59 12/08/15 (0)

Agree with Tony about redundancy - E-Stat 13:04:23 12/07/15 (3)

Keep your drives cool and dry. :-) - Tony Lauck 17:41:14 12/07/15 (2)

Good advice! - E-Stat 06:00:55 12/08/15 (0)

Thank you nt - My name is Fred 05:07:10 12/08/15 (0)

RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - AbeCollins 13:04:12 12/07/15 (2)

RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - Tony Lauck 17:46:00 12/07/15 (1)

RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - AbeCollins 20:58:02 12/07/15 (0)

RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - Tony Lauck 12:40:18 12/07/15 (1)

RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - PAR 14:44:13 12/07/15 (0)

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RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - Tony Lauck 12:40:18 12/07/15 (1)

RE: How long would you expect an external hard drive to last? - PAR 14:44:13 12/07/15 (0)

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