Re: [TCLUG:1345] Turn off my computer?

[Chris Kesler <chris@pconline.com>]

> or turn it off at night. How bad is it for the hard drive to be spinnig 24
> hours a day, 7 days a week? I typically have my computer on for 8 hours a

When the disk is spinning, the head is "flying".  It rides on the air
turbulence created by the spinning disk, and it doesn't touch the disk
surface unless the disk spins down.  So, the *only* times the disk surface
wears is during power up and power down (unless there's an earthquake). 

Chris