How long does an average hard drive last?

0 votes
asked Jul 12, 2018 in Hardware by Veylinglefti (330 points)
How long does an average hard drive last?

1 Answer

0 votes
answered Jul 12, 2018 by Shelde (49,390 points)
Hard drives are expected to last as long as 5 years when in continuous use but some hard drives have lasted as long as 10 years or more.

Although if your hard drive is 10 years old or older then I would recommend replacing it soon because it's gonna be sooner rather than later that your hard drive will fail and cause you to lose important data.

98,443 questions

94,727 answers

1,269 comments

6,992,477 users

...