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Questions about the Epic Games account recovery request?

ByJonas4345

Hello, My Epic Games account was stolen, and all my credentials and information were changed. Now I have the following questions regarding the Epic Games account recovery request: Should I not write anything under "Last used email address" because the email address was changed by the hacker? For "Have you ever changed your account email…

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daniel00w
daniel00w
2 years ago

“Metal hard disks” (or HDDs called xD) and SSDs both have a lifetime that can be beyond 5-10 years.

As with everything, however, the utilisation is enormous.

If the hard drive works under high load, it only creates a few years but there are also hard drives that are over 15 years old.

The difference is irrelevant for the petrol standard consumer.

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Mark Berger
Mark Berger
2 years ago

I can only agree with daniel00w, but I would like to mention a few unimportant details.

In the case of mechanical HDDs, a failure can be predicted at an early stage using the SMART values in 95% of cases. You can therefore usually plan well and have hardly any unexpected failures.

SSDs are faster and therefore the ideal data carrier for operating systems, programs and games, as you can greatly reduce charging times. However, failures of SSDs are 99% not predictable by SMART values or otherwise.

HDDs are better suited for data storage because you usually recognize possible failures at an early stage and because Word files or photos are not really important for charging times.

You can also store HDDs for several years without losing the data. The leaving of the magnetic charge of HDDs takes several years and usually is 5 years without electricity or more feasible.

SSDs store data as electrical charges – the storage cells thus discharge like batteries in a stored electrical device. Depending on the storage type, data loss can be expected after a few months without power supply.

Depending on what you want to do, these differences are much more important than the theoretical life expectancy than 10+ years can be achieved with average use of a normal user in both data types.

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Onzetaichmann
Onzetaichmann
2 years ago

Metal plates.

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daniel00w
daniel00w
2 years ago
Reply to  Onzetaichmann

You know why?
Because “new” SSDs haven’t made 15 years yet? xD

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Onzetaichmann
Onzetaichmann
2 years ago
Reply to  daniel00w

Not about that. It’s about writing cycles, and that’s why they’re losing their life with time… which I don’t think will change. Let’s see how it can change in the future. Also the newly adored SSDs often have no more than 6 years of use.

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Onzetaichmann
Onzetaichmann
2 years ago

Yes, but you still want to have a rest of it 😉

I mean, a lot of people just want to know how long they are served with an article. And of course you want to know how long this part lasts

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daniel00w
daniel00w
2 years ago

From the data, I’m right to you, but it’s very important for the tongue.
The question is not clear whether it is 2-3 years or 10-15 years.

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