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From: keithe@BRL.ARPA
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Subject: Re: \"Parking\" the heads on hard disks
Message-ID: <1965@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 11:46:12 EST
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[a continuing saga, edited for brevity]
>> >how many  folks  out  there  "park"  your  read/write  heads
>> >*daily* when you power down your pc's? [michael]
>> >
>> I *never* power down my PC. [keith]
>> 
>I don't think leaving the PC on indefinitely is a good idea...
>A hard disk that has been powered up since 11/28/85 is 25% along the
>way to a failure. [ray]

I'll let you all know when it dies. As long as it lasts long enuff to
get it onto my weekly (monthly?) (occasional?) tape backups...:-)

keith