Can I permanently connect WD Passport to an always-on desktop?

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Can I permanently connect WD Passport to an always-on desktop without shorten its lifetime?

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Hello,

Yes, you can. It shouldn’t affect the lifetime of the drive since the current Western Digital drive reliability is measured using Component Design Life (CDL) and Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) and not Mean Time between Failure (MTBF).