Can this be hook up and run 24/7? null

It can be but from what I've read and learned it isn't recommended. It draws power from the device its connected to and that tends to make the drives more sensitive to usage. I'd recommend a powered drive if you need it on 24/7

Haven’t done it as yet. But, I do leave it plugged in for long periods of time. It is powered by your laptop or desktop so I would think there would be no problem. I have three of them so I confident they will work for long periods of time. Wish I could give a better answer.

Honestly, I don't see why not. Depends on what you're using it for. To run it 24-7, I would expect its life expectancy to be less...I've run these for 8-12 hours a day for maybe a month at a time (with sensitive data on there) for years. If its stuff you can live without or have another back up sure why not? Usually, I would purchase an external hard drive connected to a power source if you're going to run it 24-7

Yes, I never unplug it from my Mac.

Yes it can. I have mine hooked up to my kid’s Xbox and its constantly running in the background (even when his Xbox is sleeping) to download updates to games, to system software, etc.

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It can be but from what I've read and learned it isn't recommended. It draws power from the device its connected to and that tends to make the drives more sensitive to usage. I'd recommend a powered drive if you need it on 24/7
Answered by RPtheKB 6 years ago
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Haven’t done it as yet. But, I do leave it plugged in for long periods of time. It is powered by your laptop or desktop so I would think there would be no problem. I have three of them so I confident they will work for long periods of time. Wish I could give a better answer.
Answered by Skier 6 years ago
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Honestly, I don't see why not. Depends on what you're using it for. To run it 24-7, I would expect its life expectancy to be less...I've run these for 8-12 hours a day for maybe a month at a time (with sensitive data on there) for years. If its stuff you can live without or have another back up sure why not? Usually, I would purchase an external hard drive connected to a power source if you're going to run it 24-7
Answered by Elle 6 years ago
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Yes, I never unplug it from my Mac.
Answered by lwestj 6 years ago
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Yes it can. I have mine hooked up to my kid’s Xbox and its constantly running in the background (even when his Xbox is sleeping) to download updates to games, to system software, etc.
Answered by DJTJ 6 years ago
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