NEVER assume that it's anything more than zero!. I had a WD freeagent 500G drive that crashed in less than a month. At these prices, buy 2 or 3 drives just for backup. If the information is really important, keep a copy off-site.
Yeah. I have umpteen redundant HD’s and a flock of flash drives including a couple 8Gig.
I also have an online/net based backup subscription service.
My main beef is that none of the systems I know of . . . including Microslop’s Live One Care
backsup all the settings and desktop routinely.
How can I solve that functionally?
I’ve forgotten . . .
Most drives are the cheap ________________ variety but which break down sooner.
An ?older? format variety of drive _______________?
is more expensive but takes significantly longer to break down on average.
What is that 2nd type HD?
What do you recommend about that?
Have lots of cheap ones redundantly backed up or have one of the more expensive older types as well?
Mean time before failure has been used for around 60 years. Average time usually in hours before something fails. It is not uncommon for electronics to fail with in 90 days. Brand new equipment often has a higher failure rate than year old equipment. The item with manufacturing flaws fail quickly and the good stuffs last.