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From: bob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Everex harddrive for Mac
Message-ID: <10330116@accuvax.nwu.edu>
Date: 20 Jan 89 13:39:49 GMT
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> I have a Everex 40MB internal. It is very nice and quiet. In fact, too quiet
> at times. It can be hard to tell if the machine is really running and
> accessing the hard drive or is locked!

> The only qualm I have about it is that it is slower than other hard drives 
> after a crash. I have a friend with a Jasmine 80 and his will pop right back
> up after a crash like nothing happened. My hd on the other hand can take up
> to 30 or 40 seconds getting back up. No big deal to most ppl, but I crash my
> drive a lot with all the program development that I do.

I'm guessing that you mean a _machine_ crash, and not a disk drive crash, but
if not, ignore what follows:

Do you and your friend have an equivalent number of files? If your friend
has a far smaller number of files, the system has to do less work after a
crash (when verifying the integrity of an improperly unmounted drive). Ditto
if you have significantly larger files, or if your friend regularly compresses
his disk, and you don't.

30-40 secs is a fairly long time; I hope some of these suggestions help.

Bob Hablutzel	Wildwood Software	BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU