Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Leaving external hard drives plugged in all the time?


I am hoping this is the right subreddit to post this to.


I have a Seagate 2TB hard drive. I access the files on it regularly. But I have this notion in my mind that leaving it connected to the PC will damage it sooner. So I leave it unplugged and plug it in whenever I need it. I am wondering if this practice actually makes a difference or am I making things inconvenient for myself for no good reason?


Additional info: I use my pc everyday - whereas I plug in my HDD 2-3 times a week. I turn my PC off at night and when not in use, and my HDD does go to sleep with the PC if I was to leave it connected in at all times.


Hopefully someone can help me out!







Submitted December 30, 2014 at 08:44PM by Iamessar http://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/2qtih5/leaving_external_hard_drives_plugged_in_all_the/

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