computer running?

Yeah I keep mine running forever unless there is some reason to restart it (such as installing a program, or a program crash)

you can adjust the settings so if the computer sits for an extended period of time it will go into sleep mode. i have mine set to go into sleep mode after 2 hours.... just incase im doing a dvd it doesnt stop in the middle of it.

does anyone ever keep their computer on for longer than 24hrs? cuz sometimes i forget to turn it off before i fall asleep. just wondering, thanx!!!

absolutely

one of my machines is running approx. 340 days/yr

longest time is has been running without a restart was some 80 days

right now it is 24+ days:
http://www.digital-digest.com/~uncasms/uptime.jpg

UncasMS, do you run a webserver?

Well it makes sense to reboot your desktop once in a while, it refreshes the memory etc, otherwise no harm done in keeping in ON 24x7x365.

1. voltage surges from electrical storms
2. accumulation of dust, lint, hair, etc

as far hdd's are concerned, they should be kept running non-stop. most damage is done during cold start-ups. well, at least those were the tech-specs/guidelines from the 80's. :)

as far hdd's are concerned, they should be kept running non-stop. most damage is done during cold start-ups. well, at least those were the tech-specs/guidelines from the 80's. :)


and these are the corresponding drives:

http://www.manager-magazin.de/img/0,1020,158026,00.jpg

with a 50kg drive you better keep it running as the startup takes tooooo much power :)

i would think that this platter is from the 70's & would have been lucky to hold 1mb of data.
kinda pathetic when you think what's around theses days ;)

one important aspect is DECENT cooling, which way to many users dont even think about

let alone those stupid folks assembling 3-4 drives above one another with only some milimeters of space between them

i have seen this too often without any kind of large fan cooling the rack and i always wondered how stupid one must be not to realize that harddrives heat up quite considerably when idling - i dont even want to think of hours of conversion/gaming and then add 2 or 3 drives to the necessary drive number 1 in anybodys pc and all that with no airflow and cooling

you'll end up with crashed heads and irreparable drives in no time

the old "mfm" hdd's required a certain warmer temp before any data could be written/stored safely, & relied on a higher temp to maintain safe data storage.
but, when you think back how big those drives were (in thoses days), getting those drives to heat up was almost impossible.

right now it is 24+ days:
http://www.digital-digest.com/~uncasms/uptime.jpgWhat program/where in windows can you see that?

And that drive looks like the removable discs you used to have in Wang Minicomputersystems in the 80th's... :P

1. voltage surges from electrical storms
2. accumulation of dust, lint, hair, etc

i have a surge board installed--isn't that protection enough? we lost power last summer here 2 or 3 times from storms and no harm was done to the pc.
and i often have to un-clog the vents from lint, so i know what you mean there. (my pc hasn't been shut off for 2 years except for quick re-starts and those couple black outs)

What program/where in windows can you see that?

And that drive looks like the removable discs you used to have in Wang Minicomputersystems in the 80th's... :P

that tool is called StatBar (http://www.statbar.nl/download.php)

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you can, however, easily see this information in your taskmanager:

http://www.digital-digest.com/~uncasms/uptime.png


in order to see the uptime (which is different in my screenshot as it is a different machine):

- start taskmanager
- go to VIEW (or whatever it is called; it is "ansicht" in my screenshot)
- click the last entry (i wouldnt know the english let alone swedish task)
- in the next window add a checkmark to "cpu-time"


from now on your taskmanager will state the uptime under IDLE (leerlaufprozess) or whatever the name is