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From: hvaalde@cs.vu.nl (Aalderen van Harold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Megafile 60 noisy startup/ shutdown
Keywords: megafile cracking sound.
Message-ID: <9768@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 21 Apr 91 19:12:38 GMT
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csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) writes:

>geert@ahds.UUCP (Geert W.T. Jonkheer CCS/TS) writes:

>>When I start up or shut down my megafile 60 it always makes and has
>>made a cracking/ noisy sound. After it has startup it doesn't make 
>>this sound no longer, and works just fine.  

>The sound is from autoparking the heads during shutdown and releasing
>them during startup. Perfectly normal.

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Do all megafile 60 drives have autopark? I own one and never noticed it
I use the ship program every time I shut down my computer

How can I find out if my disk autoparks?

Harold van Aalderen (hvaalde@cs.vu.nl)