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    [SOLVED] Backup Drive: always on or on/off daily?

    Yes. There are other regular backups, on a cloud service. Besides the system with the drive, there are 3 others that do, or will, backup to it. Using Macrium Reflect. Usually takes only a few minutes each depending on if it is a full or incremental. Could make up time less if it would...
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    [SOLVED] Backup Drive: always on or on/off daily?

    I have an older 4TB SATA drive in on an external SATA connection used for backup, on a PC that is on 24x7. Backups might take about 2 hours a day. What is better -- for the disk, to stay running all the time, or should it be off and powered up (daily) when backups take place? It used to be...