Hi, I’m expecting some new external drives over the next few days and was wondering how long it’s advised to let the new drives sit before firing them up as I’m aware that it’s generally not a good idea to just start them up right out of the cold due to the possibility of condensation forming. If the temps outside are hovering around 40 fahrenheit…will 7 or so hours be a long enough wait? Inside’s about 75 or so fahrenheit, so I’m not sure if I’d be overshooting it with 7 hours. And hypothetically…if the drive IS started a few hours too early, but everything seems to work fine anyway…should I worry about long-term damage? Or is that kind of damage the sort of thing that I’d notice right away if it’s a problem? Thanks.
Overheating of any storage drive is more severe than we think. Every storage drive has a minimum and maximum operating temperature. Any change in the internal or external temperature significantly affects the drive performance and life.
Anything below or above the ideal temperature can have a bad impact on the drive and can lead to the following issues:
- Data loss
- File corruption
- Drive corruption
- Increase in bad sectors
- System crash
- Frequent system freeze
- Unexpected system shutdown
- Constant screeching, clicking or whirring sound
- Drive failure
To know more about the issue & how you can fix this, I suggest you to check out the below blog: https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/how-to-fix-hard-drive-overheating-and-recover-data-in-windows-and-mac/
Hope it will help.
