My hard drive is running at 42 degree celcius, is that putting me at risk for a hard drive failure?
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42 degrees Celsius is a LOW temperature. I'm pretty sure that it will be safe until around 60. However, check manuals or resources just to be safe.
EDIT: It's your CPU that slows down if your computer is hot. The hard drive won't even be affected. That is the most probable explanation of your problem. When the CPU slows down, the hard drive SEEMS to be working more, but in reality, the hard drive didn't change at all; it's just running longer because it takes longer to process the same amount of information.
Manufacturers usually set the panic shutdown temp at 65-70.
While grossly overheating may indeed cause a problem, I wouldn't worry about temperatures in the 30-50 C range.
More of a problem would be that the temperature is going up unexpectedly on a particular drive. But, it is not surprising if the temperature goes up when the ambient air temperature is higher...
A much bigger source of hard drive failures would be vibration/physical shock or marginal power supplies.
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