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[–] 3 points 8 hours ago

The answer is always "no", regardless of what you have. Follow the 3-2-1 backup rule for anything important.

As for whether you're sitting on a ticking time bomb, I'm referring to a run of mechanical (IIRC) 1TB drives from around 2010 or so. Quick googling suggests Green SSDs have a slightly higher than average failure rate, but only slightly.

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