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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Disk Parking
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Date: 28 Jan 91 15:41:20 GMT
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I just purchased a 386-33 with a 133MB hard drive and was debating whether I
should leave it on all the time./  From what I gather, the shock to the 
computer when it is turned on is relatively harsh compared to being on
all the time.  Also, I don't want the hard drive spinning all of the time
when it isn't in use....is their a way to have the hard drive shut down
when no activity has been present for a while?

Also, if I park the heads on the drives, to the platters quit moving or have
the heads just been realigned to a safer place on the disk?  If they quit
moving that could solve a lot of my problems.  I could just park the heads
and turn off the monitor when I wasn't going to be using the computer for
a while.

Brian