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My testbench has a HDD with over 50,000 hours on runtime on it with no bad sectors or anything. Really depends on the environment and the drive, as well as the task the drive is handling, and of course, luck

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The average HDD dies after 6 years of constant use

 

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/170748-how-long-do-hard-drives-actually-live-for

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My testbench has a HDD with over 50,000 hours on runtime on it with no bad sectors or anything. Really depends on the environment and the drive, as well as the task the drive is handling, and of course, luck

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a good hard drive should last a long time. probably 4 or 5 years 

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