Whoopysnorp
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Now that I've added a laptop to my recording setup, I've decided to start using an external Firewire drive as my primary recording target (the idea is I'll be sure to keep copies of everything on that drive on an internal drive in my desktop as well). I have a Firewire chain with my Fireface 800 at the outside, followed by the hard drive, so I need to have the hard drive switched on in order to use the Fireface, even if I don't plan on using any files on the disk. So far I've been just switching the drive on when I want to use it specifically, but I've heard that it's best to avoid cycling power in hard drives whenever possible. On the other hand, leaving it on all the time just instinctively strikes me as a bad thing to do. What should I do?