unknown_error Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Hey everyone, I was hoping someone could answer a few questions about the care of my external hdd and using it as a media drive. I got a new TV that plays just about any video file you can imagine so I grabbed an extra 1tb seagate drive I had laying around and put it into an external hdd enclosure. I was wondering if it is safe to leave it on all or most of the time? It does run fairly cool as the enclosure is aluminum and the seagates have that intercooling technology so I don't think heat will be too much of an issue. But even with it running cool should I turn it off when not in use? If so, will turning it on and off all the time eventually mess it up? Any advice or info on how I should care for it would be much appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmb938 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 You can leave it on. It is the same as leaving your computer on. Of coarse leaving it on 24/7 may or may not make its life shorter then usual but you run the same risk with leaving your pc on 24/7. So just treat the drive the same as you treat your pc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown_error Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Awesome, thanks for the reply. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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