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Can I safely use an external hard drive and connect it by USB to my laptop for daily storage activities (as opposed to mere backup) in lieu of the computer's internal hard
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Inside LACIE D2 9GB external hard drive using Seagate component with SCSI connection circa 1999 Stock Photo - Alamy
![So I dropped my external HDD today an decided to do a post-mortem. Is the dark line the damage that was done in the drop? Details in comments : r/LinusTechTips So I dropped my external HDD today an decided to do a post-mortem. Is the dark line the damage that was done in the drop? Details in comments : r/LinusTechTips](https://i.redd.it/2xt7r5aii9ca1.jpg)