Safe hdd temperature

[Yongtjunkit]

Hi, I was wondering what is the safe hdd temperature in a 

 

-laptop 

-desktop

-external USB drive 

[Tylerebowers]

under

60 c

[Lurick]

Depending on the manufacturer, size, and a few other things the safe temps can vary quite a bit. There is also what is safe and what is best for longevity.

 

60C is a safe temp for sure but I wouldn't let it run that hot for long, generally between 30C and 40C is ideal.

[Yongtjunkit]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Depending on the manufacturer, size, and a few other things the safe temps can vary quite a bit. There is also what is safe and what is best for longevity.

 

60C is a safe temp for sure but I wouldn't let it run that hot for long, generally between 30C and 40C is ideal.

Is 40-45 ok for external hdd and laptop hdd?

 

Laptop is Hitachi sata 3 5400rpm hdd

External USB hdd is wd my passport ultra metal 

[Tylerebowers]

1 minute ago, Yongtjunkit said:

Is 40-45 ok for external hdd and laptop hdd?

c or f

 

[Yongtjunkit]

1 minute ago, Tyleredbowers said:

c or f

 

C

[Tylerebowers]

then yes

[Lurick]

Yah 40 to 45 C for an external drive is just fine especially if the ambient temps are on the warm side.

[Yongtjunkit]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Yah 40 to 45 C for an external drive is just fine especially if the ambient temps are on the warm side.

My laptop hdd is running about 40 c++ most of the time (not in air conditionroom), show I be concerned as its a 3 years old laptop 

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Yongtjunkit said:

My laptop hdd is running about 40 c++ most of the time (not in air conditionroom), show I be concerned as its a 3 years old laptop 

 

Nah, you shouldn't be too concerned. If it was running at like 60C or higher most of the time then there might be some cause for concern after several years but beyond that I wouldn't worry too much, just always keep good backups regardless because you never know when drives might just up and die.

[Yongtjunkit]

20 minutes ago, Lurick said:

 

Nah, you shouldn't be too concerned. If it was running at like 60C or higher most of the time then there might be some cause for concern after several years but beyond that I wouldn't worry too much, just always keep good backups regardless because you never know when drives might just up and die.

Ok, do you know which backup is better wd smartware(wd nas) or windows 10 file history?

[Lurick]

I've never used WD Smartware but I assume it just does a single backup of all your files and then saves it off to the cloud or to a NAS. Windows 10 File History saves multiple copies of all your files specified and saves to them another drive which is great if you want to revert back to older versions of a file.

 

Your best bet is to setup 'Backup and Restore' on Windows to an external drive and then additionally use something that backs up personal files and have everything saved to the cloud.