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From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Turning off removables
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Date: 29 Sep 90 19:35:00 GMT
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/* Written  1:57 pm  Sep 28, 1990 by shankar@SRC.Honeywell.COM  */
 > /* ---------- "Turning off removables" ---------- */
 > 
 > What is the prevailing wisdom on turning off Syquest hard drives?
 > 
 > Should the cartridge be ejected before turning the drive off?

In the manuals and stuff I got with my Syquest (both the stuff from Syquest
and from MirrorTech, which is the company from whom I purchased the drive)
say explicitly to NEVER NEVER EVER turn the drive off with a cartridge
in the drive!  ALWAYS eject the cartridge FIRST!  Then turn off the drive.
They state that damage can be done to both cartridge and drive if you don't
follow these instructions.

 > Should the power switch be turned off, or is it OK to turn off a master
 > switch?

I would think that this would not matter.


Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student        \ Internet:  johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering  \
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \