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On 03/09/2013 05:39 PM, Peder Hedlund wrote:

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> Quoting Ralf Mardorf :

>

>

>> "All WD external hard drives will spin down (enter into power saver

>> mode) after 10 minutes of drive inactivity. Once the drive is accessed

>> again, the drive will exit from the power saver mode and spin back up.

>

> If it's designed to spin down it's probably also designed to be able to

> handle that.

Don't count on it. Joern recently told me about his experience with

similar "Green" WD drives where the drive died for him after a few month

of continued use. He mentioned something about a special windows driver

that controls the spin up/down cycles for WD drives, but I did not

bother to inquire the details.
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