Digital BW, The Print

ginnylady33 wrote:

>2-They are mainly in sleep mode or whatever it is called. They are not
>spinning all day long.
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>

Actually, starting and stopping is rougher on the drive.  Keeping them
spinning all the time will increase their life (at the expense of noise
and power).

I strongly agree with another poster's suggestion to switch brands or
otherwise figure out what's wrong.  You're failure rate is way to high.

Dan.