Re: Hard disk parking

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From: Mark_Peter_Cookson
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1988 16:57

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Most drives put the head over a special section of the disk when not in use
for like half a sec.  Then if anything does go wrong nothing drastic will
happen.  I would not worry about it.  My drive has lived through many a power
failure and it is only a lowly Photon 20.

Mark Cookson

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Subject: Re: Hard disk parking
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