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From: randy@chinet.UUCP (randy)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Noise
Message-ID: <343@chinet.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-May-86 10:22:39 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 29 10:22:39 1986
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In article <1620@ecsvax.UUCP> dmimi@ecsvax.UUCP (Miriam Clifford) writes:
>I've had a 20MB Miniscribe for a couple of years now--hasn't missed a beat.

	I have a 15 meg CMI drive in the original CBBS that has been running
*continuously* for over 6 years. (except for one power failure)  I am afraid
to shut it off!  It is in a North Star Horizon and the floppy drive with
the boot disk is welded shut from dirt and dust.  
	I find that drives last longest if never turned off and on constantly.
The only things that seem to go are the bearings, and they give plenty of
advanced warning..


-- 
.. that's the biz, sweetheart...
Randy Suess
chinet - Public Access UN*X
(312) 545 7535 (h) (312) 283 0559 (system)
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