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Billy Holmes wrote: |
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> Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: |
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>> Probably was suffering from "stiction" (google it) |
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> I'm pretty sure this HD had autoparking heads (I'm almost positive all |
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> IDE drives have). I could see it being a problem if it was an MFM |
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> drive however... |
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Not all IDE drives have/had autopark heads. I know this was many many |
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moons ago, but the first couple hard drives I owned <50MB didn't have |
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autopark heads. you had to tell it to park the heads, and I know they |
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were IDE drives cause I still have them around. :) |
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