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We are using SSD's sata2 disks, but they often get corrupt. I also see that users on their desktop, don't use the on off switch from the computer but use the main power-switch of their office room. This switch turns of everything, it was once thought of to reduce power in our offices that way.

I explained many times to first logoff windows 7 but people forget that frequently and so this results in corrupt SSD's,

I wonder would it be safer to use normal hard disks ?

My main doubt here is I am not sure if they would park their disk heads if power goes off.

Dave M
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The answer is no, when idling a PC can still be performing tasks in the background that require disk access, indexing, AV scans, backups, etc. Also consider that when a PC is abruptly disconnected from the mains the PSU supplied voltages will drop in an uncontrolled manner, logic circuits don't like that. I have recent experience of this when my 70KVA UPS failed during a power outage in a facility containing nearly 200 PCs.

Tog
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