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Thank you so much for your valuable insight. What do you suggest what can be the best possible use case out of the two to get maximum life 1. Using it for storing and streaming 4K BluRay Rips OR 2. Using it as an expansion drive for Xbox games. Out of these two cases which can cause degradation faster. I won’t be using this drive for storing irreplaceable personal stuff and just want to put it for some use till it dies for good
– KkyleReese
Commented Mar 14 at 5:12
I would 1. suggest not using the drive at all .. 2. Run full scan using something like Victoria for Windows to see if those 4948 sectors are it or that more are 'lurking'.
– Joep van Steen
Commented Mar 14 at 10:47
@KkyleReese, do you have backups or the ability to regen any lost data? personally i cringe at the idea of running a disk into the ground, but that's just me. if you can recover from a failure, that's all that's important. neither usecase is likely to extend lifespan over the other.
– Frank Thomas
Commented Mar 14 at 17:03
@FrankThomas yes in both scenarios data is very much recoverable and that’s why I want to know the best possible way to use the drive. I guess I am better of using it for storing and streaming BluRay rips over Plex. I believe this usage is better than playing Games from it. I know both use cases are not ideal for a failing drive but i just want to use it till it breathes last
– KkyleReese
Commented Mar 15 at 7:20

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