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

[Josh Becker <joshb@techie.com>]

Sometime around the 23th of September in 1998, a certain Chris Kesler said:

> 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). 

I thought the real thing to worry about was the motor wearing out, or the
bearings wearing out, or something.

.. I leave all my machines on 24/7, of course. I was just curious.

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