We rely on our hard drive to store pictures, videos, music, documents, and other files. We trust that it will work correctly for a long time. However, just like other types of devices, hard drives do have a limited life span before they wear out.
Most hard drives on the market today are designed to last about 5 to 6 years, sometimes longer. It depends on the frequency of use, as well as the operating environment, humidity levels, and temperature.
Quite often, hard drives will slowly start to fail with specific signs, to give you time to backup your data and prevent data loss including:
Sign #1: Your computer freezes, crashes, runs slowly, or you get the “Blue Screen of Death” more frequently.
These types of problems occur because the computer is not able to retrieve the necessary data or information off the drive. When there is an error, the computer does not know what to do so it crashes. The computer can also run more slowly and take longer to open, save, and close programs because of bad sectors on the hard drive.
Sign #2: The hard drive is starting to develop bad sectors.
Bad sectors are specific areas on the hard drive that no longer are capable of maintaining data. The operating system tends to automatically skip over these making them hard to find. If the hard drive is being used a lot, when it encounters bad sectors, you may notice the computer slows down or freezes briefly.
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