Question: I have dumped my PS3 games into game folders and I am storing them on an external hard drive..

Does keeping them as folders kill the HDD faster than converting the folder into ISO and then store the ISO on the HDD ?

The folder contains lots of smaller files whereas when converting them to ISO all of them become one file…

should I convert my games on the ex HDD to ISO now ? does it make any difference ?

wouldn’t converting them to ISO now also degrade the HDD since the conversion input output is the ex HDD ?

Answer:

But which format will make the drive fail sooner when you read from the HDD every now and then ? ISO or Folder or No difference ?

No difference.