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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: should hard drives be left running 24 hrs/day?
Message-ID: <28835@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 89 16:32:30 GMT
References: <1279@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1279@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> pgn@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Paul G. Nevai) writes:
>
>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?
>
>I say: turn off
>
I have always left mine on _all_ the time, but then again I'm not the one
who has to pay for repairs (although I have not had any problems).  I have
seen a lot of drives "lock" and not spin up after having been off for a
few hours or days.



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