Not necessary: on standby, the power drawn by the power supply is negligible and the hard drive is dormant. Then again, if we all did it(shut them down), London Hydro could retire a chipmunk from the treadmill. I confess I leave mine on even though I backup only once a day. On Jan 10, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Hawk wrote: > After backing up your files do you then remove the exterior hard > dive? jim > > --- > Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo > > > Wayne Dobson pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx (519) 474-1253 res. (519) 860-2725 cell --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo