Re: maxtor hardrive noisy the first 10 minutes


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Subject: Re: maxtor hardrive noisy the first 10 minutes
Name: ludicrous
Date: 1/29/2002 11:22:52 PM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 138.67.74.229
In Reply to: Re: maxtor hardrive noisy the first 10 minutes posted by DanDruff
Message:

If you want to prolong its life at the expense of a little electricity, leave your machine on, and make sure you set the Windows Power Management options so that the hard drive never shuts down.

Most wear-and-tear to drives comes from startring and stopping. Obviously the drive will last the longest if it is left off and never started, but that's rather useless, so...

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