** Description changed: my laptop's western digital hard disk seems to get hotter in ubuntu , i have dual boot installation with vista and in vista the hard disk seems to run cooler ,but in ubuntu it stays hotter even when there is no disk usage, when in vista my hard disk temperature averages around 44 deg C,but when i boot to ubuntu it steadily climbs to 51 deg C at idle,and stays there ,when there is heavy disk activity it gets even hotter,i can feel the heat when i place my hand over to the keyboard.i had this problem in ubuntu 9.04 and again with ubuntu 9.10. this only occurs when i have im plugged in to AC,but while in battery it seems to run normal. + + BUT in battery the load cylce count value increases abnormally, the load cycle count value in my 6 months old drive has reached 19600, and it seems to increase only when in battery on ubuntu. + i fear that running ubuntu may damage my hard drive, so i fear i cannot use ubuntu in my laptop for more than 15-30 mins at a stretch due to these problems.
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