Re: What programs make disks spin up?
According to <jghasler@win.bright.net>:
> Andy Spiegl writes:
> > I read that when a disk has been running for a very long time it sort of
> > dug a ditch into the ball bearing. And when it spins up after a shutdown
> > chances are high it won't find that 'ditch' or stumbles across it and
> > fails.
>
> You read wrong. I doubt anyone has made a disk that doesn't use air
> bearings for decades.
Oh, okay, I didn't know that. But I wrote "sort of" to express that
I am not exactly sure what is happening. But the effect is just as
if that what I described is happening. The real technical reason
may be different. Oh, boy this paragraph is screwed up. I hope
you could follow my thoughts.
Bye,
Andy.
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E-Mail: spiegl@Appl-Math.TU-Muenchen.de
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