Hitting reset button on case.

[Nomada]

I end up hitting the reset switch quite often. I wait till the HD seems to not be spinning, but I am wondering just how much damage this can do on new drives if done with frequency?

 

[TWills]

Shouldn't damage the drive physically. What you should be more concerned about is data corruption, I would think.

 

[amdskip]

Surely doesn't help out the drives. You shouldn't be hitting it. If it's locked up a machine can usually be shut down a tad softer by holding the power button.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

If you're hitting the reset more than once a month, I think you should fix what's wrong with your computer.

 

[sykopath79]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Surely doesn't help out the drives. You shouldn't be hitting it. If it's locked up a machine can usually be shut down a tad softer by holding the power button.

I fail to see how this would be. Hitting the reset button does not power down the HDDs at all, so you really aren't causing any undue physical strain to the drives. On the other hand, holding the power button powers off the drives when perhaps the OS isn't ready for them to be powered off, and the drive heads may not be parked yet.

In my experience though, neither one really jeopardizes the drive itself, but you do risk data corruption if the OS hasn't finished writing data back to the drive at the time.

 

[amdskip]

If I hold the power down on most systems windows will shut down normally and not instantly unless you have it setup to be instant off. That is where I am coming from.

 

[CrispyFried]

It wont hurt the HD at all, might scramble the data though.