how do turn off an external hard drive

[Michael Hennebry]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Michael A. Peters wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 17:02 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
>
> >
> > How do I turn the power off?
> > Just unplugging would seem a bad idea.
>
> There really isn't a need to power off a hard drive.
> They generally get more wear and tear from powering on then they do from
> being left on.

It's my backup.
Moving a running hard drive fills me with
fear, uncertainty, and doubt.

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Mike   hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES.  *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE."  --  Death