the currents that are involved are much hiher when starting, than running.
also, the bearings are getting 'kicked' each time you start the disk.
it's easiest to see with the hardware of a bulb. most of the times, it fails
when you... switch it on.
the only (maybe valid) reason you can think of, is to conserve power on a laptop.
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