put turn off hard drive to 'never'

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ZakiZelani

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is it okay if i put 'never' to off my hard disk cause in default settings it put as 20 minutes after it went blank i think(idle mode). what i mean will my hard disk spoil if i remain it on 'forever' cause i want to keep my things downloading.
 
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Your SSD should be able to stand being run for long periods of time. Conventional wisdom is - HDD = spinning disk = more likely to fail over time; SSD = no spinning parts = less likely to fail over time. Of course, you already know this. That's why you bought the SSD in the first place! ;)

There are always exceptions to this HDD vs SSD rule, though, so backing up your drive isn't a bad idea. I speak from experience, since mine recently crashed with 4 years of invaluable college course work on it!

To answer your question in a nutshell, never shutting down your hard drive isn't harmful for a short amount of time (days), but could be harmful over a long period of time (years). Again, you've got an SSD so I wouldn't be all that worried...
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Your SSD should be able to stand being run for long periods of time. Conventional wisdom is - HDD = spinning disk = more likely to fail over time; SSD = no spinning parts = less likely to fail over time. Of course, you already know this. That's why you bought the SSD in the first place! ;)

There are always exceptions to this HDD vs SSD rule, though, so backing up your drive isn't a bad idea. I speak from experience, since mine recently crashed with 4 years of invaluable college course work on it!

To answer your question in a nutshell, never shutting down your hard drive isn't harmful for a short amount of time (days), but could be harmful over a long period of time (years). Again, you've got an SSD so I wouldn't be all that worried about it.
 
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