2007-09-28 09:56:36 · 4 answers · asked by Theta40 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Downloads from the Internet are stored as files on your hard drive which equates to wear/tear on your hard drive and it's supporting components.
1. Hard disks are complex and extremely delicate electro-mechanical devices that subjected to wear and tear over time. They have a fairly predictable lifespan even within a controlled environment, just like other mechanical devices.
2. Since hard drives are mechanical devices, they will all eventually fail. While some may not die prematurely, many hard drives simply fail because of worn out parts.
2007-09-28 10:21:55 · answer #1 · answered by beez803 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. What does is:
Paging to much; do you have enough physical memory?
Set your hard drive/drives to shut down after 5 minutes, this helps a bunch.
2007-09-28 10:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by enigmatic1844 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NOPE, that's just normal work for a hard drive, no sweat at all.
2007-10-02 13:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, does not cause any abnormal wear.
2007-09-28 10:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by gil.baca 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋