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How long should I keep my external hard drive connected to my computer
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I just got my Toshiba 500GB external hard drive in the mail today and I'm super psyched. So naturally I don't want to damage it. How long at a time should I keep it connected? For flash drives I would keep mine connected all day, but obviously I can't do this with external HD's as the disk inside i…
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Why can't you keep it connected all the time? Most modern hard drives will put themselves into 'sleep' if they are not used often to reduce the power consumption and increase the life of the drive. Modern hard drives are designed to sleep after a ce…
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