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Most hard drives have a lifespan of three to five years. Have you checked yours lately? | Shelley Hepworth | The Guardian
How does storage drives (e.g. hard drive, flash drive etc) holds data without any power? Will they lose data if they are not connected to power for a long time? - Quora
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