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Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
Now that cannot be true (not with modern drives anyway), otherwise
there
would be no way to safely turn off the power to an external USB drive.
Jim Noble wrote:
> Mal Lansell wrote:
> > I know about the "safely remove" thing, but I thought
that it's only
> > needed to prevent problems if you pull the plug while writing to
the
> > disk. Since this is to be used as a media source, I should only
ever be
> > reading (unless doing maintenance), in which case a powering off
should
> > be safe.
> >
>
> If you pull the power on a spinning HD, you run the risk the head
> crashing on the platter...
>
> Jim
>
>
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