Originally Posted by pompousjohn

Yep. Just remember to check it regularly. Don't expect to get more than 2-3 years out of a drive, I just had my data drive fail and I didn't notice it going out cause I don't boot from there so I didn't see how long the seek times were getting.

I managed to save the data in time but felt dumb I didn't see that coming, drive was over 3 years old and should have been replaced long ago.