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From: stoft@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Dave E. Stoft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: AT/XT hard disk park utility
Message-ID: <6470001@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>
Date: 14 Aug 90 19:26:40 GMT
References: <1990Aug13.230841.9408@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Hewlett Packard Company, Spokane, Wa.
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It would seem improbable that just 'parking' a head would damage the rest of
a disk. However, a slight, low-level re-alignment of the head position might
affect hear-track alignment and thus readability.

Try SpinRite.