Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!asdsun.larc.nasa.gov!burton From: burton@asdsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Auto park disc drives. Message-ID: <1991Jun25.122949.13109@news.larc.nasa.gov> Date: 25 Jun 91 12:29:49 GMT References: Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA Lines: 18 In article , s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) writes: |> I have a Connor 80Mb drive in my 386, which came with a big sign saying |> not to ever run any parking software, as the drive parked automatically |> and would be damaged by the software. Can anyone confirm the accuracy |> of this? What exactly would go wrong, and why? Just puzzled. |> |> -- |> Regards, |> |> Ron House. (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au) |> (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350) I'm not sure of the technical reason *why* head parking software would damage an autopark drive, but I've *seen* it happen (not a pretty sight :-) Most (not just conner) autopark drives (primarily voice coil) come with this warning...so there must be some reason for it... John