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External HDD Life
How come people are saying that newer portable drives like the WD My Passport lasts only about 2 years when my old portable drive bought 6 years ago still works? I thought hard drive technology barely changed but even if it did change, it should have changed for the better. Is it that smaller drives last shorter? Or is it because people usually take portable drives with them but they do not with desktop external drives? I usually keep my portable hard drive in the same place. <- Maybe I should have just bought a desktop external drive....