power cycle

[tormentor22]

Attribute Current Raw Overall
Raw Read Error Rate 200 0 Very good
Spin Up Time 194 5275 Good
Start/Stop Count 99 1063 Watch
Warning: Start/Stop Count is below the average limits (100-100).
Reallocated Sector Count 200 0 Very good
Seek Error Rate 200 0 Very good
Power On Hours Count 98 1674 Good
Spin Retry Count 100 0 Very good
Calibration Retry Count 10 0 Very good
Power Cycle Count 99 1043 Watch
Warning: Power Cycle Count is below the average limits (100-100).

that is part of speedfan test to my WD 250GB HD, so what are the effect of the start/stop count, and the power cycle on my PC?

[tormentor22]

does nobdy got any idea?

[Bigchrome]

Ideally for hard drives you don't want to be start stopping it alot as this will cause failure prematurely... Start Stop is just this, and power cycle is how many times the power has been removed and returned to the drive. I'm assuming the program warned you becuase it has no set values for these so they will warn for every drive

[tormentor22]

Well, this prob wasnt before, its just happening these days before about a month every thing was "very good" and no errors where given.