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Hi,
Noob here...
Which one of these settings will make my battery life longer from the power management settings?
1. Battery Life
2. Degrade
Thank you alot.
Do a test -- do tasts you want to do on battery and see which one works best for you.
sorry wanted to say *DEGRADE*
As for ABLE it will NOT damage the hard disk, it just moves the actuator head arm into the idle position more often, or unloads the heads.
Information on ABLE from Hitachi GST:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/c954a71282b1a2a0862569ff00787c2f?OpenDocument
The actual software "Power Booster (ABLE) Version 3"
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
Thank you for the HDD tips...and for the links.
But anybody knows what the DEGRADE option from Power management does?
It's a very badly worded system IMHO. You can't properly tell what it does. By the way the IBM/Hitachi utility sounds cool, where's YOURS Tosh?
I haven't got a Toshiba Drive after all, Lavalys Everest told me I have an IBM/Hitachi TravelStar 80GN disk drive - and its right I have... The Drive Fitness Test (DFT) available in ISO CD format confirmed it...
You can get all these utils from the earlier link I posted - but they will only work with IBM/Hitachi Drives made by "Hitachi Global Storage Technologies" or Hitachi GST after 2003.
I did some testing with degrade and battery life. The conclusion is that degrade makes the battery to live alot longer.
Hope this will help anybody who saw that option in power manger
Good Luck..
As for ABLE it will NOT damage the hard disk, it just moves the actuator head arm into the idle position more often, or unloads the heads.
Information on ABLE from Hitachi GST:
http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/c954a71282b1a2a0862569ff00787c2f?OpenDocument
The actual software "Power Booster (ABLE) Version 3"
http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm