On 8/26/05, Karthik Raghavan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I assume what Gowda was talking about had more to do
with the 'strain' on the HDD... If thats what he
meant, it is generally said that a HDDs life is
extended if the system is never switched off... WHen
it is switched off, the head rests on the media, so
more work to slow it down, and gently rest it, and
then to again pick it up, and begin the spin up
proces...
IMO, its not going to make MUCH of a difference to
anybody, and with the kind of power problems we have
in India, its probably safer to switch off the system
when not in use...
--- praveen pavi < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> During the Warm boot the system has loaded all its
> systme settings through bios but during cold boot
> system loads all the bios configuration thatz to say
> cold boot requires hardware attention too, therefore
> not only the harddisk but all the system devices are
> set to default at cold boot.
>
> --- Basavanagowda Kanur < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > hi,
> > i have a doubt.... what is the effect of cold
> > reboot on the PC hardware????
> > One thing i know is, there is no bad effect on
> > processor, cache, memory and
> > some on-board suff like bridge.... what will be
> the
> > effect of cold restart
> > on hard-disc??? Googling didn't give me an
> answer...
> > :(
> > thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Machines should work; people should think.... I
> > think, therefore I am
> >
>
>
> -Praveen
>
>
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