Hard Drive Reliability - Study Inc.

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I have no clue what other people do to their drives that kills them?
Myself and my friend both bought some HDDs around the same time 2 years ago now, in that time frame, he has killed 2-3 drives, while mine is still going strong.
Mine was second hand from Amazon too...

the more read/write* you do to them the heavier the wear and the sooner they are liable to die.

read is also important in this case since HDDs are mechanical and need to spool for data to be pulled