Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site isrnix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!iubugs!isrnix!mr From: mr@isrnix.UUCP (michael regoli) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc Subject: "Parking" the heads on hard disks Message-ID: <659@isrnix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 21:56:40 EST Article-I.D.: isrnix.659 Posted: Thu Jan 9 21:56:40 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jan-86 05:47:31 EST Organization: indiana university - bloomington Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.micro:13477 net.micro.pc:6515 ]:[ ]:[ how many folks out there "park" your read/write heads *daily* when you power down your pc's? i have a 20 mB external and do it out of habit (especially if someone wants to cut the cables and steal the drive. i figured it's the least i can do!-)) i recall seeing somewhere that stray energy (signals, vibes, call it whatever you like) can be transferred through the heads onto the disk when powering-down thereby causing loss and/or corruption of data. how important is it to park the heads (take them away from the media and place them in a safe spot)? [of course, you would always want to park the heads when you move the drive and/or prepare the drive for shipment.] i'd appreciate hearing more about this practice. -- -- .^. michael regoli /|\ ...ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!isrnix!mr '|!|`