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Can Passport drive be left plugged to USB?

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by robls99, 2011/01/11.

  1. 2011/01/11
    robls99 Lifetime Subscription

    robls99 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Someone once told me I could leave my external Passport USB drive plugged in all the time because the drive doesn't run except when I use it as a daily backup.

    Now I can feel it running even tho nothing else is on/running.

    What's the recommended procedure for leaving it plugged in or not?

    I'm running XP-Pro SP3
     
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    wildfire

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    Shouldn't be an issue leaving it powered up, my external drive is either connected to this laptop or my PVR virtually 24/7 and I haven't encountered a problem for over 12 months.
     
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