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I heard the same - my TS machine runs since 3years day and night and even
all weekends - just do a SCANDISK and DEFRAG on the weekend, thats it - no
problems.......Screen is off during the night - everything else running
BTW: that is running on good old WfW 3.11 - no other application - nearly
never any crashes
rgds hans
> At 02:12 AM 7/25/98 EDT, CalaxCorp@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> I would think if know your going to be turning it on and off several times
> a day leaving it on would be best. Kin da like a light bulb I'm told.
>
> Robert
>
>
> Hi folks,
> >
> >Win98 allows automatic shutting down of the hard disk after it has not
> been in
> >use for a certain period of time of your choice. I guess it saves on the
> wear
> >and tear when the hard disk is not spinning, and saves power for lap top
> >users.
> >
> >My question is: Will the now more frequent turning on and turning off of
> >the hard disk (let's say several times a day) as oppose to leaving the
> >hard disk spinning 24 hours a day, be better or worse for the PC (not lap
> >top)?
> >
> >Or should this be a question for the hard disk manufacturers? (But there
> >are so many brands.)
> >
> >PC user,
> >William
> >
> >
>
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