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Rocket254   11-16-2009 at 12:27:27 AM

I have a 1 TB WD Black HDD that I used strictly for media storage. I often find myself going 2-4 weeks without doing any writing to the drive at all. So that makes me wonder, is it good for it to just sit there running the entire time or should I disconnect it (SATA) when I anticipate that I won't be using it for a while?

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JackNaylorPE   11-16-2009 at 03:35:30 AM

Like all components, they suffer from effects of heat and power cycling. Maintaining reasonable temps and not varying temps a lot from shut offs / shutdowns are best for long life. With HD's, as they age, shutting them off for any length of time can be a bad thing.

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Rocket254   11-16-2009 at 07:44:41 PM

Right now, I have the drive connected and usually shut the machine down at night. Would you recommend that I just keep with this method?

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Bronze Storage badge cjl   11-17-2009 at 07:24:24 AM

Honestly, it should work fine as you are doing right now.

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jitpublisher   11-17-2009 at 04:13:31 PM

It will be perfectly fine just as is.

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