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Lifespan of a loaded and disconnected new Hard Drive
Thanks very much! Your responses were great! Thanks for sharing the knowledge. I think I am going to mirror a couple of new 250gb IDE drives, Seagate seems like a good bet. Put them into separate external USB cases and store them in different secured locations. I will scan them annually, and...- tetralin
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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Lifespan of a loaded and disconnected new Hard Drive
First off, hello and glad to be here. OK, I am interested in the opinions from my fellow tekies on the lifespan of a new hard drive loaded to the hilt with images, video's, documents and maybe a few progs. The hard drive will be promptly removed from the computer and carefully stored in a...- tetralin
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
