Upgrading my desktop C: HDD to an SSD

[Undertoad]

That means if a solid-state drive is stored in a warm room, say 77°F (25°C), its data can last for about two years. But, if that goes up by a mere few degrees to 86°F (30°C), that data's retention period will be cut in half.

Number of hard drives with data I care about, that I keep in hot rooms, and do not power up for years: 0

Percentage of physical hard drives I would expect to fail to spin up at all if used for 6 months and then left unpowered in a hot room for two years: 50%

[chrisinhouston]

I had read a bit about that in some previous news stories but in my case, the computer is almost always on unless I go out of town and actually power it down. That being said even when your computer is turned off but plugged in there is a small amount of power within the system.

It's the same for the T800 unit in The Terminator 2. He gets crushed and ends up with a big metal shaft stabbed through his torso. He shuts down but then gets a small amount of residual power from the machines in the steel mill and is able to reroute his energy supply and wake back up and finish off the other Terminator T1000!

You see? No long term data loss occurred!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCL55ULqo6A