a question about hard drive internal

How long can last a hard drive inside without using it?

also

is it possible to connect the internal hard drive externally?

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Internal drives will last longer, then the primary readers because they sleep (the arm gets parked and the tray stops spinning) when they are not accessible after a time. How ever the grease in the bearing dries up from the heat of the laptop, which causes them to fail.

You can connect via USB with an external hard drive caddy. Make sure you order SATA 2.5 inch.

Here's just one example, it is the one I use.

http://NCIX.com/products/?SKU=42781&VPN=NST-210S2-BK&manufacture=VANTEC

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