If you are in a practice of regularly turning off your external hard drive it will definitely extend its life span significantly, in addition it also provides the added benefit of conserving power and keeping the data on the drive safe so that no one can access a drive without power.
But you have to be careful while removing the drive as you will need to make sure that the system is not actively using the disk. If you attempt to remove or shut down the external hard disk before ensuring the above it may result in the data that is being worked to be put at risk of being corrupted or damaged.
Double click or right click on “My Computer” to open it from your desktop or open it from the “Start” menu.
Right-click on your external hard drive and select “Eject.” The system will tell you when it has been safely removed.
Unplug the external drive from the system. Disconnect its adapter as well to conserve some more power.
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