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Can I leave my fanless hard drive enclosure on all the time?

I just got a cheap external enclosure to backup one of my computersIt has no fan but it is made of aluminumI am using Acronis True Image 10 set for weekly incremental backupsShould I just leave the drive on all the time? If not, will Acronis prompt me so that I can turn on the drive at the scheduled time, or will it just fail?

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I use an identical set up for my back up, with Acronis and a fan less enclosureFrom my experience, these cases get rather warm, and have little ventilationI would set some form of reminder in Outlook or similar to remind you to turn the drive on for the backupIt is not recommended to leave these types of units on all the time, as you may risk ruining your hard drive.

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