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Has anyone ever had drives that lasted for decades? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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I keep hearing people say that hard drives won’t last long and to always have backups. But if it is like that, that means you would have to be buying drives consistently? Has anyone ever had a hard drive work for them successfully for a decade or even more where they wouldn’t have to be buying more?

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

I have a drive from 2008 and it is still running, but it does make some weird noises from time to time, so I recently replaced it.  

While that drive lasted 15 years, most of mine dont even last 5 years.

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