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Turning off hard disks when inactive
My PC running Win XP has an option in power management to turn the hard disks
off after "X" number of minutes of inactivity. Is this a good thing to do or not. Thanks for any comments. RD |
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RD wrote in message ... My PC running Win XP has an option in power management to turn the hard disks off after "X" number of minutes of inactivity. Is this a good thing to do or not. I personally only spin down drives in laptops and notebooks where the battery life matters. |
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