Will my hard drives be harmed if I hold down the power button for 5 seconds?
103283
Can a power failure or forceful shutdown damage hardware?
12343
How can I securely erase a hard drive?
124632
Automatic shutdown at specified times?
95258
How does windows "limit" the CPU (Power Options / Battery saving)
88078
Is there any way to turn off a USB HDD manually?
76620
Is it possible to create individual power settings for each hard drive?
143184
**How** harmful is a hard disk spin cycle?
156525
How can I check the health of my hard drive?
157520
Is it bad to leave your computer on during a thunderstorm?
101147
Leaving laptop plugged in all the time
92209
Is it safe to have laptop turned on 24/7?
28791
Is there a way to make my hard drive inaccessible to everyone but me?
158164
Will I still be able to use the hard drive normally?
124627
Will keeping all my fans at 100% speed harm my computer?
157536
How resilient is Ubuntu to repeated "power-off" shutdowns?
107497
Is it dangerous if you drop a metal object(like a screw) on a motherboard that is powered on?
34102
Can I manually put an external hard disk to sleep?