[Blind-Computing] is it okay to leave an external hard drive plugged in

2011-09-09 Thread jason smith
Hi list. I have just done a bacckup of some of my files onto an external USB hard drive. I know it is important to try and make sure to use the safely remove hardware option from the system tray before unplugging the drive. However, if I turn off the power to the drive? is it okay to leave it

Re: [Blind-Computing] is it okay to leave an external hard drive plugged in

2011-09-09 Thread Mike Barbara
Hi Jason, Yes, it is. I leave mine plugged in with the power turned off all the time. At least, I have never heard anyone say that you are not supposed to do this, if we are not supposed to do this, hopefully someone will jump in to tell us that we are both screwing up big time! LOL Take

Re: [Blind-Computing] is it okay to leave an external hard drive plugged in

2011-09-09 Thread Janki Akhani
hello which computer operating system you are using? if you are using Window Xp, so there is one zip file is available On 9/9/2011 5:59 AM, jason smith wrote: Hi list. I have just done a bacckup of some of my files onto an external USB hard drive. I know it is important to try and make sure to