How often do drives need to be spun up?
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I've got a Frankenputer that is used as a workbench PC to help fix other machines. As such, it's only ever used when something else is broken, so there are often long stretches where it's sitting unplugged and offline. I've heard that hard disks need to be spun up and used, every once in a while, i…
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Just from my experience in itself, I did not use an older HD (Nearly 10 years old now) for about 9 months, and once i pulled it out, it spun up like nothing had happened. If you really felt concerned by it, you could plug it into a PSU and just powe…
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