Poll: Hard Drive. Keep It On. Or Let It Spin Down?

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#1 lostantix
Member since 2007 • 710 Posts
My computer is constantly on. So I would like to ask what are your thoughts on Hard Drive spindown and how it affects your hard drive. Do you believe that letting your hard drive spindown too much hurts the hard drive or is it nothing to be concerned about?
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#2 mike4realz
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it's nothing to conerned about turning off hard disk spins or spindown (what eva u call it)...it just reduces heat

i have all ma hard drives set to turn off hard disk spin after 20 min.