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In article <MBXaIDA+hjfxEwVq@hmsl-group.co.uk>
           Max@hmsl-group.co.uk "Max D. Wilkinson" writes:

> NO. Never tap a HD, unless you like the head bouncing on the platter. To
> cure stiction spin/rotate, wrist action as if turning a screw top
> quickly, to turn disk inside case.

This was the advice actually given by the _manufacturers_ a few years ago.
With the heads parked (as they should automatically be in a modern voice coil 
drive) and the platters static, a moderate tap (no hammers please!) on the
motor bearing is acceptable. 

HOWEVER. If it buggers up yer drive, don't come running to me.

Mike