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by snowwrestler 421 days ago
Failures should be rare, which means a spare HD might be sitting in a drawer without spinning for years, which HDs don’t like to do.

When you need to replace a drive, it’s better to purchase one new. It was manufactured recently and not sitting for very long.

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> a spare HD might be sitting in a drawer without spinning for years, which HDs don’t like to do.

How so? Does this imply drives "age out" while sitting at distribution warehouses too?