Mike, I also picked up the "shut down and leave it for a bit" message years ago, and use it more out of habit than for any other reason. The only benefit that I can imagine is that it will allow the machine to cool down a little.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 11:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] a very strange thing! On 2011/08/02 02:23, Don Varner wrote: > Sorry I don't know. That is just something my IT group manager had told > me. > Something about allowing the hard drive and RAM to completely clear. If > you > don't feel its necessary then don't do it. a) RAM clears once power is removed. b) You really don't want your hard drive to clear :-) -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
