Re: What programs make disks spin up?
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.
John Hasler
jghasler@win.bright.net (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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