sonicmario wrote:Kaspersky Free is a good antivirus to scan an external HDD?
hdds have problems when they are suddenly turned off, on an external hdd how to turn it off correctly?
here are some ideas for your next questions:
"What is the best USB cable for hdd, I have read data cables can kill drives?"
"What direction do I point hdd in, I have read magnetic field affects hdd.. which way is South??" (answer: the direction this thread is going)
"What is best temperature to run hdd in, I have read cold or hot can damage hdd"
"If I test hdd in the forest, will anybody hear it?"
"is the FBI's data storage the best, because they always... RAID?"
"why am I so paranoid about data integrity, but refuse to employ a good backup regime?"