When i use CrystalDisk to set the APM of my HDD to Maximum Perfomance (FEh), will it be dangerous for the HDD or shortening it

Pascal_5

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As mentionned in the title.

I had a few micro-lags / freezes problems solved by this setting on my HDD. But i wonder if it's 100% safe.

Thanks by advance for your answers !
 
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I personally am on Windows 7 and my power profile for my HDD is set to never sleep so that means that my drives are always on. The question you've brought up will bring two sides to the story where one side will say that the HDD's arm needs to park and another side will say that the the parking and spinning up is where damage occurs most.

You can read through this article. Though I'd personally suggest that you backup your critical information in case the one you're working off of fails.

Lutfij

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I personally am on Windows 7 and my power profile for my HDD is set to never sleep so that means that my drives are always on. The question you've brought up will bring two sides to the story where one side will say that the HDD's arm needs to park and another side will say that the the parking and spinning up is where damage occurs most.

You can read through this article. Though I'd personally suggest that you backup your critical information in case the one you're working off of fails.
 
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