On Sep 7 2004, 22:52, ed sharpe wrote:
> Pete: are we going to actually spin this drive up after bereakeing
the seal
> on it? I thought bad things would happen....... ed
Of course you're going to spin it up. Drives are surprisingly tough.
I've run drives with the cover off several times. To avoid a head
crash, avoid dust. If you think the air might be dusty, disable the
head movement and let it spin for a while to move any remaining dust
out of the way -- winchesters have a small internal filter which
filters the air as it is dragged round by the platters.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Wed Sep 08 2004 - 02:01:54 BST