Comment 6 for bug 701753

Thanks for taking an interest in my problem, Jordan.

I have never noticed any weird behaviour in either of my Windows OS sessions.
Ubuntu behaves exactly the same as Windows (except in the situation that I previously described).
I've never noticed it during any other Ubuntu activities.

I generally try to avoid performing multiple disc operations on the same HDD (when I can).
Sometimes it can't be avoided.

My HDD monitor reports no problems with either of my WD internal HDDs.
WD 1 TB internal HDD (NTFS format) - rated 85% due to Spinup time.
WD 1.5 TB internal HDD (NTFS format) - rated 92% due to Spinup time.

I can't say that I've noticed any HDD slowness when using Ubuntu (i.e. when reading or writing to NTFS partitions).