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  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #91

Comment 91 for bug 59695

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jayfre (jayfre) wrote : Re: default value in power.sh potentially kills laptop disks

I'm using Windows and like to add few things (using a Hitachi Travelstar):

1) Many persons say they have X "Load Cycles" in Y "Years". I don't think that this means much unless you use it 24/7. You should say how many "Load Cycles" in how many "Hours". Using smartmontools is easy.

Mine is: "Load Cycles" - 434211; Hours - 8027. Gives about 54 "Cycles" per "Hour".

2) So how many "Cycles" per "Hour" is "NORMAL"? And the workload? Does using for example Emule increases the "Load Cycles"?

3) The BIOS doesn't allow me change anything about power management. So the solution is to use the "Feature Tool" from Hitachi. This allow you to turn off "Power management".

4) What is "Power Cycle Count" and "Power-Off_Retract_Count" and "Reallocated_Event_Count"?

Thank you!