It appears to work fine (it contains my home partition for my main machine I daily drive) and I haven’t noticed signs of failure. Not noticeably slow either. I used to boot Windows off of it once upon a time which was incredibly slow to start up, but I haven’t noticed slowness since using it for my home partition for my personal files.

Articles online seem to suggest the life expectancy for an HDD is 5–7 years. Should I be worried? How do I know when to get a new drive?

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    1 day ago

    don’t trust a sibgle drive

    sibgle?

    Edit: oh I see the edit now. “single” is what it meant. I couldn’t figure that out at the time. Shitty to be downvoted for asking a question.