Unless your drive experiences excessive heat or physical trauma, it'll probably fail gradually. That means, even if your drive isn't making strange noises, you should keep an eye on its health once in ...
Some of you might turn up your nose at mechanical hard drives, but they still exist. Whether as secondary or archival storage, on NAS devices, or in the form of external storage for creative ...
Knowing the age of a hard drive is important for estimating its remaining service life and identifying possible failures before they happen. This article explores how to determine the age of an HDD ...