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    Should I turn off the hard disk?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by the939672, Mar 12, 2010.

  1. the939672

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    I was looking at the alienfusion options and there is this option that allows you to turn the HDD off after a period of time. Should I set it to turn off after like 30 min.? Does this affect the durability of the hard drive?