OS 10.4 - External HD

powermacj7 · powermacj7 #1 (**permalink**)

03-22-2007, 06:08 AM

Is it better to leave an External HD sleeping until needed or better to change the setting and keep it spinning all the time ?

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mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

03-22-2007, 10:06 AM

Well, most hard drive failures occur on startup. That is the most electrically and mechanically stressful period of a hard drive's life. If you are able to, I would advise leaving it running.

Willem · Willem #3 (**permalink**)

03-22-2007, 10:14 AM

I've read the same thing. Hard drives last longer if they are left running.

MaDDoG · MaDDoG #4 (**permalink**)

03-27-2007, 01:58 AM

Unless you are accessing it often, I would save on the greenhouse emissions and leave it switched off. Mine is a backup and storage device so why leave it running for no apparent reason? Thats my two cents worth.

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	03-22-2007, 10:06 AM Well, most hard drive failures occur on startup. That is the most electrically and mechanically stressful period of a hard drive's life. If you are able to, I would advise leaving it running. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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powermacj7 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 22, 2007 Location: NY NY Posts: 403 Mac Specs: iMac Duo White	03-22-2007, 06:08 AM Is it better to leave an External HD sleeping until needed or better to change the setting and keep it spinning all the time ? :mac:
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MaDDoG #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 01, 2007 Location: Oz.....near the Wizards home Posts: 1,918 Mac Specs: iMac 24' 7 Snow Leopard + Parallels and Win 7 \| 30 Gb iPod \| Canon EOS 400D	03-27-2007, 01:58 AM Unless you are accessing it often, I would save on the greenhouse emissions and leave it switched off. Mine is a backup and storage device so why leave it running for no apparent reason? Thats my two cents worth.
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