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Article #40976Re: should hard drives be left running 24 hrs/day?
From: Jeremy Prior
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1989 12:53
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1989 12:53
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In article <1279@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu
(Paul G. Nevai) writes:
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>Should an extrenal Mac hard drive be left on 24 hours a day or
>should it be turned on in the morning and turned off in the
>evening?
We have an Apple HD20 SC attached to an LaserWriter IIntx, that has
not been switched off now for *8 Months*! It has given us no problems at all,
despite several power failures. We suffered no ill effects from leaving it
on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As to whether this has increased or
decreased the life of the drive, only time will tell..
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Jeremy Prior (jez) Telephone: +44 225 444700
Praxis Systems plc Telex: 445848 PRAXIS G
20 Manvers Street, Bath, BA1 1PX, U.K. Fax: +44 225 65205
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!praxis!maclaurin!jez From: jez@praxis.co.uk (Jeremy Prior) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: should hard drives be left running 24 hrs/day? Summary: Leave it on; We do! Message-ID: <3950@newton.praxis.co.uk> Date: 15 Apr 89 12:53:09 GMT References: <1279@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@praxis.co.uk Reply-To: jez@praxis.co.uk (Jeremy Prior) Organization: Praxis Systems plc, Bath, UK Lines: 22