Should Hp Laptop Hard Disk set to never be inactive?

Hi i  was wondering whether i should set my hard drive to never be inactive due to everytime there is a spin-up operation on the disk, there is more stress placed on the HDD.
I would like to know whether i should t set my HDD to never be  inactive and what would be the effects of doing so on the HDD and the system as a whole.
Thank you!

If you set it to never be inactive there will also be stress. I am thinking you mean should you set power properties to "never" for the hard drive shutdown? I say no....you might want to sleep or hibernate or just rest a bit. The spinup operation does cause stress but so does staying on in standby. Would you leave the car running in the garage all the time to avoid ever having to start it up cold? Same idea.

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