Is it true that the hard drive is toast after a couple of years?

TheeMax · Jan 18, 2016

I have what I thought was a good laptop, the Asus S550 CA was a good machine. I friend of mine told me that the Asus notebook after a short time had it's hard drive crash as did mine. Is this a common problem with this product. They wanted to charge me almost as much as I paid for the unit to repair it. I've had several brands, but this is the first one that this happened to it.

clutchc · Jan 18, 2016

Absolutely not! Of course it will depend on hours the drive is in use. If you leave the machine on 24/7, the life of the drive will seem shorter than if you use it in a normal manner. But even 24/7 usage can be set to have the drive spin down when not in use for a certain amount of time.

I suspect your HDD will last the life of the rest of the laptop... mine always has.

ex_bubblehead · Jan 18, 2016

Given the environment they have to live in, what with the general lack of cooling, the thumps, bumps & other abuse they have to endure, it's amazing that laptop hard drives last as long as they do.

ayush2 · Jan 18, 2016

however there is no doubt the hard drive will fail eventually, probably within 8 years. But generally given how cheap they are and as long as you don't drop your laptop, it should most likely stand the test of time.

jsmithepa · Jan 19, 2016

Bad luck.

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