Lasted past manufacturer warranty, then DIED, with everything on it

Purchased January 2016, now August 2019. Didn't move it much, didn't do drop tests and such, so I know other reviews tested it's ruggedness, but didn't talk about longevity. It lasted 3 years 7 months, then died, with almost everything I have from my older computers. Thank god much of my important / essential stuff is in the cloud. Now it just makes a clicking "ting" sound every time it's connected. I gave it two stars, because I think it deserves more than 1 since it lasted so long, but definitely could have used some warning or something, if you want to avoid loosing everything. If you want assurance, use the cloud, or have 2 hard drives, replicas of each other.

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