Hard Drive Life Expectancy

Why hard drives fail, and how to extend their life expectancy, including a range of free utilities for HDD care.

This video is a follow-up to my previous show on SSD Life Expectancy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XZNr7mS0iw

Links to the utilities shown in the video are as follows. I have no connection to any of the involved organizations.

WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows (also SMART utility):
https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=3

Open Hardware Monitor (for monitoring temperatures):
http://openhardwaremonitor.org/

CrystalDiskInfo (SMART utility):
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

HD Tune (SMART utility):
http://www.hdtune.com/

Hard Disk Sentinel (SMART utility):
https://www.hdsentinel.com/

DiskFresh (data fade prevention):
http://www.puransoftware.com/DiskFresh.html

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