>Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 01:23:05 +0000 (GMT)
I'm sure that when dust gets between the head and the disk, it
makes a bit of oxide chip off due to friction.
>
>For one thing, a floppy drive head is in contact with the media - it
>doesn't fly. And thus it can't crash.
>
>Now a lot of dust will increase head/disk wear, of course/
>
>> or smoke particles can and will cause head crashes on winchester
drives.
>>
>> I am not a technical expert on the innards of Iomega Jaz and Syquest
SyJet
>> and Sparq drives. However, a casual examination suggests that they
use
>> winchester technology. This is consistent with the manufacturers
descriptions
>
>I did open up the disk housing (I almost called it an HDA) of an old
>10Mbyte (I think, maybe 5 Mbyte) Syquest. This thing was very much like
a
>winchester, but there was a recirculation filter inside. So I guess it
>was better than nothing.
Is this what you said earlier was the only undocumented part of your
AT? What do you use now?
>
>Yep, and they still are. I've got a Seagate 1.3Gbyte drive here that's
>very dead, and there is a little fliter inside the HDA at one corner. I
>assume some of the air goes through it...
>
Also, newer drives spin faster, don't they? This would cause more
damage when a head goes too low.
>
>Possibly higher density -> lower flying height -> more likely to crash
on
>smal dust particles.
>
>> Eric
>
>-tony
>
>
>
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