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Why It's Important To Avoid Plugging In A Damaged External Hard Drive
An external hard drive can potentially survive a fall, but plugging it in is only going to make the problem worse.
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Resist the urge to plug in the drive you just dropped to see if it's OK.
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On the surface, your external hard drive might look like a sturdy device. But beneath that enclosure are a number of moving parts (sometimes including glass) working together to store your data and retrieve it when requested. In other words, your external hard drive is more fragile than you think; that's why it's important to avoid immediately plugging it back in after a…
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