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From: JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel, Op from Atherton Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Leaving PC on - Hard disk
Message-ID: <90123.120008JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 3 May 90 16:00:08 GMT
References: <90123.034406HOWGREJ@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>
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In article <90123.034406HOWGREJ@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu>,
HOWGREJ@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu says:
>
>With regard to the postings a few days ago about leaving the system on,
>someone said that for a few hours or so, it should be left on since powerdown/
>powerup is so stressful.  The problem I have with this is the hard drive.
>What I'm really wondering is if its possible to install a switch to turn off
>the hard drive, leaving the rest of the system on, when it won't be in use for
>a while...

I've seen this discussion go by sometime before. I think the conclusion was
that it would be a good idea for the hard disk but is too hard to do because
DOS/BIOS/HARDWARE of the rest of the system can't support it.

Jeff