| From: | Gavin Rogers |
| Date: | 23 Mar 2001 at 12:19:03 |
| Subject: | Re: slow |
Hi John,
John Marchant wrote:
> >So power offs can do damage IMHO, especially after long usage.
>
> Hmmmm. That's arguable :-) Surely the drive was already in a
> 'damaged' state, and switching it off merely showed up the state it
> was in?
Yeah, Rob has mentioned this from his experiences, so probably! Possible,
also, that the hard drive cooled down to quickly during the overnight power-off
.. that's what I was thinking for my case.
> In fact any strain would be increased at the moment of
> switching on again, not when switching off.
Yeah, you should have heard the noises coming from the thing when I turned on.
Anyway, yes I didn't mean to concentrate my sentiments on just power-off. I
kindof meant 'power-off and then on' can cause damage.
> You've shown up a debatable point in this discussion, but I won't
> argue it further.
Awe... you'd win the debate easily ;) I never thought of this ..
> If you didn't switch it
> off, the damage would still be there but remain hidden :-)
Cheers,
Gavin
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