Do you power down your computer daily or periodically?

[St_Worm2]

I keep all of my user files on thumb drives.

I asked, because if you think your HD may be going bad, that is a particularly good idea (keeping your backup files updated regularly, that is).

—David

 

[sunshineforJesus]

I shut my pc down every night before bed until I use it the next day,My tablet I just shut it off.

 

[Sabertooth]

I asked, because if you think your HD may be going bad,...

The aforementioned "clunking" sound has all but stopped since I started using the "sleep" mode, instead. Fingers crossed (though it is harder to type that way ).

 

[Sabertooth]

My hard drive finally died last month.
My Win11 replacement has a solid-state drive.
They are saying that a full shutdown is better than sleep mode for SSDs.

 

[LeafByNiggle]

I turn my computer off every day for several reasons. One is that if I put it to "sleep", a blue light blinks all night and I can see it from my bed in the next room. I could just put a piece of opaque tape over the light, but the main reasons I turn off my computer are to give Windows updates a chance to take effect and to avoid problems if the power should go down while the computer is on. I know Windows is supposed to tolerant of improper shut downs, but I don't want to test that theory too much.

 

[LeGato]

Do you power down your computer daily or periodically?
Depends on which version of Windows is trying to update