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?
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?
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.