The Ticking Clock: 3 Clear Signs Your Old External Hard Drive is Failing (And How to Backup NOW)

A selection of modern, rugged external SSDs and a high-capacity desktop HDD, symbolizing reliable replacement storage solutions

  For years, that chunky external hard drive has been the silent vault for your life’s memories: baby photos, tax returns, and decades of irreplaceable documents. You plug it in, it works, and you forget about it. But if that drive is five years or older, you are operating on borrowed time. Data shows that … Read more