Hard Drives are pretty tough things, so I wouldn't worry about damage unless you're seriously using it rapidly for a long time. If it's starting to act up, then I'd be worried.
External hard drives are basically the same as internal drives, only with a USB cable. It's when you're using PortableApps or something like MojoPac on a flash drive (which has limited read/write cycles) where you should worry.
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When it comes to writing over time, you should be more worried about flash drives since they have limited write cycles. I've got a 2 gig hard drive from 1994 and it's still going (WD)
Last edited by Spartan Erik; 12-01-2008 at 11:24 AM.
I have PortableApps on my 4GB SanDisk Cruzer usb. But I mostly use Firefox Portable.
I have been using it for more than a year and it is still working the same as I bought it.
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