External 2.5 hard drive enclosure time of life

[principiantehardware]

Hello, I have an external HDD. Specs:

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  * HDD: Fujitsu MJA2320BH G2 320GB
  * Enclosure: external 2.5 hard drive enclosure 3GO brand

Well, the general status of HDD is RISK (according to CrystalDiskInfo). Then I am thinking in change it and I have a question:

- Is the enclosure necessary to change? (I do not know if the enclosure have time of life)


NOTE: I bought the hdd and enclosure 6 years ago approximately.

 

[utroz]

The hard drive has SMART and that is what is telling CrystalDiskInfo that it is at risk. The enclosure should be fine so you could just put a new hard drive in it if you want. I would replace the drive ASAP before it dies and you loose your data on it.

 

[principiantehardware]

Then the enclosure tend to has a long time of life. I do not know 15 or 20 years or more, because I do not know any case with a enclosure damage for the long time.

 

[utroz]

Then the enclosure tend to has a long time of life. I do not know 15 or 20 years or more, because I do not know any case with a enclosure damage for the long time.

Yes unless it gets dropped and broken or other abuse the enclosure should last quite a long time. The first thing to break is usually the power and data connectors which can be easily fixed with a soldering iron or gun. Also the data cables and power adapter tend to break. I have drives that just run naked on my desk from a powered ESATA to SATA cable and have been running for 5 years with no issues. It seems to me that drives that are not moved around tend to last longer, drives in a laptop that is moved around when running tend to die faster than the same drives that are not. I still do not trust SSD's for long term storage without power, still trust a tape drive the most but I usually just use DVD's or BR's for data that I want to put in long term storage. Good luck man.

 

[principiantehardware]

Thank you utroz for your help. Related to the HDD I take caution, when it is running I try do not move it (only when it is stopped).