Question Seagate Expansion 1TB too hot after copying files from it

[rounakr94]

Today I was copying files from a Seagate 1tb external to another Adata external hdd and the total size was around 300Gb. After copying the files I saw that the Seagate drive was considerably warmer than the Adata with Crystal Disk info showing it as yellow @58°C. The Adata on the other hand was cooler at sub 45°C.
Does this behaviour mean that the Seagate is nearing the end of its life or is this normal especially when the Seagate was not being written to? Ambient temps were around 30°C.

This is one of the drives out of my four backup drives.

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

List of all connected peripherals.

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From the context, I understand that the described warming up has not occurred before - correct?

How old is the Seagate drive? Does have its' own power source or rely on USB power from the host system?

Same question for the Adata drive? Drive capacity?

External drives - identical enclosures?

More information needed.

 

[rounakr94]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

List of all connected peripherals.

= = = =

From the context, I understand that the described warming up has not occurred before - correct?

How old is the Seagate drive? Does have its' own power source or rely on USB power from the host system?

Same question for the Adata drive? Drive capacity?

External drives - identical enclosures?

More information needed.

The system is a Laptop, model Asus TUF FX505DT.
Both are 1tb drives. Adata drive was 100GB full and the Seagate was 750GB full.
Seagate is from 2016, Adata enclosed drive is a wd harvested from a old laptop and drive was manufactured in 2015.

Seagate uses the st1000lm035-1rk172
and Adata uses the wd10jpvx-80jc3t0 both in their respective enclosure from the company. No other peripherals were connected to the laptop.


Yes, the seagate Drive warming to 58°C up has never occurred before.
Also the Seagate drive has never been read from before and this is the first time that I have copied something that big from the drive.

 

[Ralston18]

The age of both external drives is concerning.

Do you have all data backed up to locations other than the laptop and the two external drives? Ensure that the backups are indeed recoverable and readable.

My immediate suggestion is to use an independently powered USB hub. Connect the drives to the hub versus the laptop. And then the hub to one of the laptop's USB ports.

As for the Seagate warming up to 58 C, I will need to defer to those with specific experience or knowledge regarding that drive and its' operating temperatures.

Especially where there is no past history regarding copying etc. for comparison purposes.

 

[rounakr94]

The age of both external drives is concerning.

Do you have all data backed up to locations other than the laptop and the two external drives? Ensure that the backups are indeed recoverable and readable.

My immediate suggestion is to use an independently powered USB hub. Connect the drives to the hub versus the laptop. And then the hub to one of the laptop's USB ports.

As for the Seagate warming up to 58 C, I will need to defer to those with specific experience or knowledge regarding that drive and its' operating temperatures.

Especially where there is no past history regarding copying etc. for comparison purposes.

Yes, I have 4 offline backups(including these two drives) of the same data.