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A lot of beach balls recently. Why?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1589687" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I wanted to add, that the part that probably incurs the most wear & tear (because of it's mechanical nature) is a traditional spinning hard drive. This wear & tear is mostly due to the "spin-up" from zero to approx. 5000+ rpm's. </p><p></p><p>During a Restart...this "spin-up" does not actually occur...since the HD was already spinning before the restart. So before, during, and after the restart...the HD continues to spin. When the computer is actually shut-down or awoke from sleep...this spin-up does occur. </p><p></p><p>Thus EVERY TIME the computer is woken from sleep...this HD spin-up occurs. I'm willing to bet that most computers today are "woken from sleep" much more often than restarted/rebooted. So the cumulative wear & tear on a computers spinning HD is due MUCH more to "wake from sleep" than restarting.</p><p></p><p>The positive thing with traditional HD's...they are replaceable & relatively inexpensive!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1589687, member: 56379"] I wanted to add, that the part that probably incurs the most wear & tear (because of it's mechanical nature) is a traditional spinning hard drive. This wear & tear is mostly due to the "spin-up" from zero to approx. 5000+ rpm's. During a Restart...this "spin-up" does not actually occur...since the HD was already spinning before the restart. So before, during, and after the restart...the HD continues to spin. When the computer is actually shut-down or awoke from sleep...this spin-up does occur. Thus EVERY TIME the computer is woken from sleep...this HD spin-up occurs. I'm willing to bet that most computers today are "woken from sleep" much more often than restarted/rebooted. So the cumulative wear & tear on a computers spinning HD is due MUCH more to "wake from sleep" than restarting. The positive thing with traditional HD's...they are replaceable & relatively inexpensive!:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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