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Which part of external HDD will deteriorate? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's say I have an external HDD with 4 TB of data, and I store it in the shelf.

There is no dust going into it, or anything.

I take it out from the shelf after 10 years, will it work perfectly in theory?
If not, what part can deteriorate and why?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'd personally feel a lot more comfortable if that drive was an SSD, not a spinning/mechanical one. Seems (and this is mostly gut feeling) like more can go wrong with mechanical drives: lubrication, things "sticking" etc.