Turning off external HD.

[LawGiver]

Is there a problem like data loss if I turn off my external hard drive and leave it off for months at a time?

 

[Ockie]

Nope.

 

[Rakinos]

just make sure when turning it off that either:

(from order of most paranoid to least)
~The computer is off when you turn it off
~The drive has been removed through Add/Remove hardware
~Nothing is reading/writing to the drive

 

[LawGiver]

actually in my case since its a Freeagent there is no power cable so i have to unplug the power cable from the back, sooo....

 

[Rakinos]

just replace "turn it off" with unplug, same ideas apply.