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From: guest@vu-vlsi.UUCP (visitors)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: RESET BUTTONS AND HARD DISKS
Message-ID: <1328@vu-vlsi.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 88 03:26:41 GMT
References: <3505@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <3073@zeus.TEK.COM> <139@ritcv.UUCP>
Reply-To: 164485913@excalibur.UUCP (Mark Schaffer)
Organization: Villanova Univ. EE Dept.
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In article <139@ritcv.UUCP> glz5913@ritcv.UUCP (Gary L. Zeiger) writes:
>In article <3073@zeus.TEK.COM> bobr@zeus.UUCP (Robert Reed) writes:
>>
>>... Without a reset button, I am forced to
>>cycle power to boot the system, which cannot be good for the disk.
>>-- 
>>Robert Reed, Tektronix CAE Systems Division, bobr@zeus.TEK
>
>Turn off the machine, wait 5-10 seconds (or until the drive stops) and
>then turn on the computer. 

I hope everyone does this when they power down to reset their system, but does
not reduce the worst part of the wear and tear on the disk (the starting up).

>Incidentally, a lot of clones have the plug
>(towards the back of the motherboard) for a momentary contact switch.
>If you have the technical manual for the motherboard, it should show
>where it is.

Now, if IBM could only follow this bit of wisdom!

 
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