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  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #769

Comment 769 for bug 59695

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Bart Samwel (bart-samwel) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

Nicolò Chieffo wrote:
> It's ok for me that my disk saves power while on battery, but I cannot
> understand why once the read head is unloaded, every minute it is
> loaded again. If the PC is idle who is causing the load cycle?
> There might be a process that every minute accesses the disk, which is
> not ok (in my opinion)

Fact of life, unfortunately. It's hard to fix all software -- there's a
lot of software out there. :-/

Cheers,
Bart