I'm planning on making a media box for my movies so it'll be accessed pretty rarely but I want it on all the time so I can access it from anywhere. The OS will be on a SSD and the movies on a ageing hard drive.
How do I make that drive last as long as possible? I know windows has a feature to turn disks off after a length of time if they're inactive. Is that what I want or will spinning up and down cause more ware? The data isn't really important so redundancy or backups aren't a concern.
How do I make that drive last as long as possible? I know windows has a feature to turn disks off after a length of time if they're inactive. Is that what I want or will spinning up and down cause more ware? The data isn't really important so redundancy or backups aren't a concern.