You might want to research the shelf life of an imprinted hard drive and take proper action for the future.
Ferric oxide media is essentially iron mixed with rust. The rust, tho stabilized, WILL eventually consume the elemental iron, corrupting the data it represents.
>>shelf life of an imprinted hard drive
Our files changed often enough that we had to keep upgrading the drive. Got to be a royal pain and now we’re keeping levels of backup on multiple drives at home. I suppose that if the house burned down, that would be the least of our problems. And, yes, the drives do periodically die and have to be reborn on a new device. But I thank you for the caution and warning. Warnings never happen frequently enough.
Found this out on the internet.