Conflicting Reports on the Storage Lifespan of External HDDs
33163
How much time until an unused hard drive loses its data?
72042
How is SSD lifetime affected by usage pattern and amount of free space?
152374
Is Isolated Storage Always Necessary?
80030
Do SSD's really last 285 years?
4913
Will a live usb with persistence store files automatically?
156525
How can I check the health of my hard drive?
1489
What medium should be used for long term, high volume, data storage (archival)?
101995
Disk is likely to fail soon (37° C / 99° F)
81095
DISK IS LIKELY TO FAIL SOON - failing now
100755
Can you link external USB hard drives in a RAID-style system?
48133
Files greater than 1 GB and older than 6 months
63980
How can I recover data from a clicking/dying external drive?
132403
What does the term "Extended Partition" mean? Is it safe to use this type of partition?
50535
Hexadecimal format and storage on a computer hard drive: Does it store in half the bytes?
111300
Fastest and safest way to copy massive data from one external drive to another
152189
Dynamic vs Basic Disk - Hard Drives
132962
How many MB/sec can I expect copying to USB 3.0 enclosure with SATA drive?