This has been bugging me for so long.. So, I had to ask around.
First, I explained my situation. I've been using my own computer about 5 years. Each time, I "inherit" them from my brothers. Hard disk, mother board etc.... They bought a new one, so they gave me the old ones. Not that I mind... as long as I can use it, I don't care. This past five years, I've used 4 HD. Why? I dunno why.. It got broken each times. The worst one is the one before this. I only used it for like... 7 month or something. Well, at that time I got a DSL cabel for internet. But I didn't d/l everything like crazy and leave my PC open for days. I on my PC in the morning, and shut it down to cool them for like... 1/2 hour and boot it back. And, well.. maybe this is part of the reason... formatting the HD too many times. Before this, I formatting my HD once a month. Yes, crazy.. But at that time I'm still using WinMe.. and it had lot's of problem.. So I had to format it each months. And I do it like.. once in 2 month after using WinXP. So, after my last HD crash, I got a new one (a real new ones.. not "inherit" from my brother) last July. And yesterday it's the first time I've formatting my HD. I got really nervous about it... I mean, I don't want my HD to crash again....
The questions is... Is it really okay to leave my PC on for days. One of my brother said that it can cause the hard disk to crash faster. But my other brother disagree. He always leave his PC on for a few days.. sometimes a week. But I've never heard about his hard disk crash or something. It really got me confused. And my brother also warn me not to on/shut my pc too often, it can cause it to crash faster too. Is it true?