Are external hard drives more prone to failure due to hardware

Because they're made of parts that are low quality or didn't make it through QC quite as well.

>>61538863
IMO it's mostly user-induced failure, like moving it before the platters stop spinning.

>>61538863
Generally, external drives are more susceptible to vibrations because they aren't in a case on thr floor, they are on a desk in a tiny enclosure and every little bump of the table transfers at least some energy into them, which adds up over time (years and years depending on how cautious you are). Some people actually do take them traveling and then are surprised when they die and think it's because of the hardware itself, rather than their rough handling of it. In reality, many external hard drives are just internal models slapped inside a little casing, like a lot of WD drives.

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>>61538939
>>61538973

So If I treat my external HDD with silk gloves it will be fine?

I'd say it's more due to shitty enclosures that produce too much heat.

>>61539027
Yes

> take cheapest intenal HDD
> put it into case
> sell as external HDD
every chink shit

>>61539749
Does this apply to WD too?

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>>61538863
> external HDs
> 2017
you fucking what friend

>>61538915
>>61539749
These.

>>61539790
Yes.

Have to cut costs somehow.

>>61538863
Who are these beautiful amazonians?