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<blockquote>According to the label the Hard Drive is a Toshiba MQ01ABD100 and it says that it is from 2013. &nbsp;</blockquote><br>being some 8 years old it is out of warranty and not worth keeping if you are starting to have issues with it<br><br><blockquote> Is it worth it of too dangerous to worry about?</blockquote><br>i would replace it &nbsp;
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> According to the label the Hard Drive is a Toshiba MQ01ABD100 and it says that it is from 2013.  


being some 8 years old it is out of warranty and not worth keeping if you are starting to have issues with it



> Is it worth it of too dangerous to worry about?


i would replace it  

Richard Brown

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<blockquote>I hear that Flash Drive wear out faster that a Hard Drive&nbsp;</blockquote><br>That was mainly true in the earlier days. <br><br>An 8 year old drive that's exhibiting issues should be replaced. &nbsp;It's only going to get worse.
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> I hear that Flash Drive wear out faster that a Hard Drive 


That was mainly true in the earlier days.

An 8 year old drive that's exhibiting issues should be replaced.  It's only going to get worse.

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to start - it is a 5400 RPM drive - so very slow<br>how did you diagnose it is not working? &nbsp;- did you connect it to a sata cable on a pc, or over usb ?<br>does the drive spin up? is it seen in the bios?<br>that is the info we need to tell you &nbsp;what to do<br><br><br>
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to start - it is a 5400 RPM drive - so very slow
how did you diagnose it is not working?  - did you connect it to a sata cable on a pc, or over usb ?
does the drive spin up? is it seen in the bios?
that is the info we need to tell you  what to do




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I removed a 1TB Hard Drive from old laptop that I want to use as and external storage device because I hear that Flash Drive wear out faster that a Hard Drive. This Hard Drive isn't working and I thought that I could reformat it to get it to work. According to the label the Hard Drive is a Toshiba MQ01ABD100 and it says that it is from 2013. What do you think? Is it worth it of too dangerous to worry about?
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I removed a 1TB Hard Drive from old laptop that I want to use as and external storage device because I hear that Flash Drive wear out faster that a Hard Drive. This Hard Drive isn't working and I thought that I could reformat it to get it to work. According to the label the Hard Drive is a Toshiba MQ01ABD100 and it says that it is from 2013. What do you think? Is it worth it of too dangerous to worry about?

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