| From: | John Marchant |
| Date: | 22 Mar 2001 at 22:24:33 |
| Subject: | Re: slow |
In a message on 22-Mar-01 17:54:46, Gavin Rogers wrote:
>wouldn't spin up again. This is a 1 year old thing that couldn't handle a
>power off without seizing up! I'm sure if I had kept the damn thing going
>non-stop it'd still be working today ..
Quite possibly.
>So power offs can do damage IMHO, especially after long usage.
Hmmmm. That's arguable :-) Surely the drive was already in a
'damaged' state, and switching it off merely showed up the state it
was in? In fact any strain would be increased at the moment of
switching on again, not when switching off. If you didn't switch it
off, the damage would still be there but remain hidden :-)
You've shown up a debatable point in this discussion, but I won't
argue it further.
John
"Doctors drink to give themselves something to do while they're smoking."
(Dr Phil Hammond on TV)
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