Do I have to turn off computer over night ?
I have a Dell lap top and have been turning it off every night. Is this necessary. It takes a long time to boot up in the morning. I have win 8.1
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TInmania wrote:kaydeejay wrote:AllegroD wrote:
......................Sorry but first, the HD does not spin constantly. It only activates when it is called upon for data. Sitting over night is not going to make a call................
Dunno what computer you have, but on all three of mine the HD is spinning if the computer is powered up.
I use an automatic "hibernate" after 30 mins of inactivity.
THEN the HD stops.
I also allow Microsoft to install updates automatically.
I get the occasional message that my computer was restarted to allow updates to complete.
While the HD is usually spinning at 4500 or higher RPM on just about any OS it can be set to sleep independent of the machine sleeping or hibernating. For example on Mac OS X the setting is "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" under Energy Saver settings. If the HD is asleep there is a delay before data can be read to or written from as it spins back up.
Nearly always the HD is the slowest part of a PC or mac. I use an SSD on all of my boot drives. They run very fast and root time, even a cold boot, is extremely brief compared to booting from HD.
Mike
You bring up a point here that needs elaboration. It might be that I am in newer computers, Almost all MS OS based computers sold these days start with the "Advanced Power Settings", set for the hard drive(s) to stopping after about 3 minutes on battery or 15 minutes plugged in, of non acvtivity. I am sorry if yours or others are not. This is something you should set, if they are not. My apologies for those on older OS that this may not have been the settings on.
