| From: | Gavin Rogers |
| Date: | 23 Mar 2001 at 12:03:37 |
| Subject: | Re: slow |
Hi Bill,
Bill Eaves wrote:
> > I can sortof vouch for what Alan is saying. Because in my machine here at
> > work, I usually have it on 24/7. However one day I decided to switch it
> > off before going home and I came in the next day to find that the
> > Hard-Disk wouldn't spin up again.
>
> Perhaps it *needed* a bit more cycling on a regular basis then ;o)
Indeed! :( We're supposed to power off/on daily here, but that's just to
reload some virus checkers.
> > So power offs can do damage IMHO, especially after long usage.
>
> I switch my Miggy on and off several times a day and have never had such a
> problem.
Yeah, only one of the hard disk I had seized up, so it depends.
Gavin
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