Are 3 TB hard drives, more likely to fail earlier that say a 2 TB

My HARD drive failed just after 1,5 years was 3 TB. My friend says that 3 TB are more likely to fail at low capacity HARD drive. Does he know what he's talking about or he speaks right on his butt?

I highly doubt that the standard warranty of 2-3 years (5 years on WD Black and other models of brands 'business') would be offered on 3XL readers if a 1.5 year lifetime was common.

"" More hard drives lasted at least 3 I've heard.".

-Yes! 3 years, at the least.

"a corrupt sector."

-While the bad sectors are a common cause of HARD drive failure, you can only guess why a HARD drive failed

If a HARD drive can no longer be read/accessible.

Discover - CrystalDiskInfo . It will scan your HARD drive and

warn you of problems on the HARD drive. If all goes well, until they fail (if you run it quite often).

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