Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Derk From: Derk@cup.portal.com (DERK ALLEN GATES) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Do ST251/ST4096 have auto-parking mechanism? Message-ID: <16391@cup.portal.com> Date: 29 Mar 89 07:13:31 GMT References: <11386@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <[2485.4]karl@ddsw1.comp.ibmpc;1> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 8 My Seagate 251 worked great for 3 months... then it puked and I like 38meg! it stopped spinning... and they said the data couldn't be recovered... it was replaced and has worked just fine for 9 months now with an average of 14hr a day... Derk @ cup.portal.com p.s. it is auto parking