External hard drive permanently connected

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Hello,

Due to the information stored in my external hard drive, I am lately constantly working with the date stored in there, I was wondering if it is advisable to have the hard drive permanently connected to the power outlet and the computer or if I should remove it safely from both places once I turn the computer off and connect it again the next day when I start working on it.

I wonder what is advisable for the hard drive lifespan.

Thank you so much in advance for all your help.

Raquel

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Hi and welcome to the WD community.

If you leave the hard drive connected all the time, it will go into sleep mode automatically when not in use. 

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So then I guess the external hard drive will not get damaged for staying permanently connected to the socket right?

Thank you for your help!

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That’s correct.