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adam917:
...the option for Disk Poweroff when Idle? Would this lower the lifetime of the HDD being that it's always turning on & off (and drive fills the music buffer)?

petur:
I think it's safe. And it will save you battery time!

WouteЯ:

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I think...... That DOESN'T sound safe...

Mr. Brownstone:
The hard-drive is a moving part. Disk Poweroff will increase mechanical wear slightly.

In either case, the battery will die long before the hard-drive does, so long as you don't drop it too much.

Always keep a backup of your music.

LinusN:
Disk poweroff will not increase mechanical wear. The disk spins down regardless. The only drawback of disk poweroff is that it takes slightly longer to spin up the drive to fill the buffer, increasing the risk of buffer underrun.

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