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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24745 Posts
November 23 2007 23:51 GMT
#1
I took two IDE hard drives out of my old computer and put them into external enclosures. I plugged them into my new computer as external hard drives. My question is, should I leave the enclosures powered off except for when I need them, or is it fine to leave them powered on most of the time?

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Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5522 Posts
November 23 2007 23:58 GMT
#2
I think powered on is fine. I have a pre-made external HD and it stays on most of the time, as do the harddrives when they are internal. They should run down after a while of not being used though, not sure.
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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
November 24 2007 00:02 GMT
#3
I don't think externals are made to be shut off/on but instead kept on standby so I think leaving it on will be fine.

Since you made internal HDs into external HDs then it should work fine when kept on.
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Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
November 24 2007 00:04 GMT
#4
I don't really know what is better - but I can tell you I have two that I always leave powered off except when I need them. Never had a problem.
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