woodnut;569807 Wrote: > The reason why I have been dismounting the USB drive and switching it > off after use is to try and reduce wear and tear and hopefully prolong > its life. Also I am worried about power cuts while I am away damaging > data or the disk itself (I do make backups though). > > I am unsure if ejecting every time is actually going to make any > difference, I do not have access to any sleep settings or anything > similar. Is it likeley the drive sleeps when nothing is being read > anyway and therefore I should probably just leave it on? > > > Thanks.
There are about 100 things that can happen to your disk unrelated to leaving it on all the time. This would be pretty low on my list of things to worry about. Make sure you have multiple backups of your data, leave it on, and enjoy! edit: by the way, your disk WILL go bad, it is just a matter of when. Could be next week, could be 7 years from now. -- garym ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81245 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
