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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (82862)	8/13/2013 3:34:41 PM
From: Raptech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

I have 2 WD and 3 Seagate externals. My WD Passport is about 2 years old without issues. BUT, only the Seagate external which is now 3 years old runs continuously. I use this one for all backups and imaging. The others I alternate backups and imaging in between so I always have an acceptable recent image. The only drive failure I have ever had was a Seagate external that ran for 2 years continuously. Seagate tech said I should have been turning it off when not in use, but without an on/off button it was a bother to constantly receive drive disconnect messages. I suppose the currently always running Seagate will fail one day soon, but I have it covered and will just replace it with one of my others and move on.