Depends on the planned use and the ones doing the refurb.
Generally, used hdd for cold storage is fine but constant running might not ge advisable
acidblue811
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It's probably because of a physical limitation, kinda like what happened to magnetic tape back in the day. Give it a couple decades, the same thing would probably happen to ssds
It's probably because of a physical limitation, kinda like what happened to magnetic tape back in the day. Give it a couple decades, the same thing would probably happen to ssds
Unless the hdd is stored in a high moisture environment, your data should be safe enough. Worst case, the spindle of the motor gets stuck but even there are ways to get the data pulled