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From: kcr%rushforth@Sun.COM (Kevin Rushforth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: should hard drives be left running 24 hrs/day?
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Date: 12 Apr 89 19:00:02 GMT
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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?

What about a home system that is used at various times during the day?
Is it better to turn the external hard drive on and off multiple (2 or
3) times a day, or is it better to leave it on all day -- even when no
one is at home or when no one plans to use it for several hours?

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