Hard disk Woes

From: Gareth Knight <gaz_k_at_lineone.net>
Date: Sat Dec 16 10:16:44 2000

Richard Erlacher wrote:
> How do you know you had a head-crash?

Repeated clicking when the drive is powered up. I suspect the clicking is
the sound of the drive head catching the platters.

> If it was a head-crash, how would chilling it solve the resulting
problems?

The extreme cold would (theoretically) cause the drive to contract, and
expand upon reheating. It's usually used to as a temporary cure for
stiction, but I'm desperate to try anything.
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Gareth Knight
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Received on Sat Dec 16 2000 - 10:16:44 GMT

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