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From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar)
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Subject: The Life Expectancy of a Hard Disk?
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Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 13:28:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  3 13:28:16 1984
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	Does anyone have any data on the life expectancy of a hard
disk, a 10MB Winchester in particular? If I want to use an IBM XT
for a CBBS, for example, what will leaving the machine on for days
on end do to the hard disk? How long will it put up with such things
before it complains? From what I understand, it is usually better to
leave a machine on than to turn it on and off several times a day.
Does this apply to hard disks? Thanks in advance.

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