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Archive external HDD

JoJoNL
By JoJoNL
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Just a small though;

 

If you archive stuff to an external HDD just once, turn off the HDD. And only turn it on when you want to add data. Will this expand the life of the HDD?

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If you only need to archive data every week or so then yes

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