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Is it OK to leave Ext FW Drive on ?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Toronto
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Just got a LaCie 160gb External FW Drive Bootable under Panther and would like to leave it on 1am to 6am for nightly backups. This is my first FW drive and was wondering if they are made to be left on all the time or you should shut them off....and advise based on expericence would be welcome. 
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Madison, WI
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I don't have a LaCie, but leave my FW drives on 24/7 without problems.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Toronto
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Originally posted by Macola:
I don't have a LaCie, but leave my FW drives on 24/7 without problems.
Thanks...I think I will too 
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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Yeah I leave my FireWire drive on all the time but I allow the system to spin my drive down when it feels it's necessary.
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"In Nomine Patris, Et Fili, Et Spiritus Sancti"
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Utah
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Ditto, external FW drive, 7200RPM, no case fan, has run 24/7 for nearly 18 months. No probs.
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Work: 2008 8x3.2 MacPro, 8800GT, 16GB ram, zillions of HDs. (video editing)
Home: 2008 24" 2.8 iMac, 2TB Int, 4GB ram.
Road: 2009 13" 2.26 Macbook Pro, 8GB ram & 640GB WD blue internal
Retired to BOINC only: My trusty never-gonna-die 12" iBook G4 1.25
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