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HDD/External HDD "Refresh"?

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For SSDs that could be a good idea every few years yes, but an HDD shouldn't care.

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I read an article that said HDD/External HDD must be refreshed periodically to make sure data still intact after a long time.. But other said no need to do that, even after unplugged several years.. Which one is true?

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For SSDs that could be a good idea every few years yes, but an HDD shouldn't care.

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I booted my 40GB maxtor up after 10 years, no problems. The drive died a few days later though. 

 

(Maxtor was notoriously unreliable so take what I said with a pinch of salt)

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Use DiskFresh:
https://download.cnet.com/DiskFresh/3000-18512_4-75937078.html
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