Data recovery tools How long will the storage device last?

As our storage devices like hard drive, CD, and external hard drive, U disk, SD card is easy to be corrupted so that cause data loss, any people will ask that how long can the storage device last? No one can tell you how long will your storage device will last, it greatly depends on how you treat it. Now let’s us take a look at the storage devices.

Hard drive and Solid state drive

HDD and SSD is the core part of computer. All the works like the data storage, system running rely on the hard drive. So the computer is vulnerable to have problems. Generally, we divide them into physical and logical failures, or human factors and natural factors. That’s why you are easy to have data loss on hard drive. The logical failures are easy to be fixed, while the physical failures are more complex and not all kinds of physical damage can be fixed. If you have a logical failure, it’s not difficult for you to restore the lost data. If you have serious physical damage on the hard drive, your data are very likely to become unrecoverable. Some physical damage like the damage of hard drive parts can be fatal. If your computer has frequent crash, data loss, or other physical damage, it means that your hard drive is not far away from dying. In all, if you want to extend the lifespan of the drive, you should use and maintenance it with care. Check the disk regularly and backup your data regularly.

Differ from the HDD, SSD has a limited number of write cycles. But that should not be a problem as generally you will not write a large size of data every day so you will not get close to the limit of the limited write cycles.

USB storage devices

All the USB storage devices like U disk ,external hard drive, SD card also have a limited write cycles. Most of usb device damage is due to improper way of using them . Such as remove the SD card by force: forcefully remove it when it is still in write and read, it includes remove the sd card before you have turn off the power of device, remove the device contains sd card by abruptly unplug it. Virus infection is another causes for data loss on the device. If you want to extend the life of your USB device, you should notice to safely remove them.

In a word, if you want to keep your storage device works in good condition, you should follow the these principles. Choose a branded and qualified storage medium. Maintenance your device in daily life. Avoid improper operations on the device. Back up your data regularly. Once you have data loss, you should use the data recovery software immediately to recover your lost data.