Suggestion to make it easier to log in

[Estemy]

...My last hard drive (less than a year old) bricked just a month ago and I had to replace it, so I'm especially cautious now about leaving it on when I'm not using it.

Actually you are also doing a big favor to the planet (limited recourses anyone?) and to your electricity bill if you don't leave your PC on when you arent actually using it. As to hard drives, then I had a similar problem and the actual cause was that it was hot weather (I wasnt even home to notice that) and PC just crashed from overheating and the drives went alongside with that. Had to pay quite some $$ for new ones.

[Tsvai]

Actually you are also doing a big favor to the planet (limited recourses anyone?) and to your electricity bill if you don't leave your PC on when you arent actually using it. As to hard drives, then I had a similar problem and the actual cause was that it was hot weather (I wasnt even home to notice that) and PC just crashed from overheating and the drives went alongside with that. Had to pay quite some $$ for new ones.

Absolutely, this too. I never intended to leave my laptop on when I wasn't using it, but according to my father I was doing it a lot without thinking, and he said that could have been the source of the damage. I think my laptop was also getting pretty hot, which is why when I got the new HD, my dad and I popped open the case and cleaned some dust out of the primary fan vent, and then I went and bought a laptop cooling deskfan thing. I run it every time I play a game that I use my nvidia gpu for. So yes, in all likelihood it could have been heat too, meaning Skyrim and FFXIVARR beta may have murdered it. (:
The point is, I'll never be among those who leave themselves idle for hours and hours, for many reasons.