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- From: c2s4027@tamsun.tamu.edu (Cedric Sims)
- Subject: Re: Park Disk
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.173759.21854@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
- References: <86601@netnews.upenn.edu> <ss#nsk+@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:37:59 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <ss#nsk+@lynx.unm.edu> jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth) writes:
- >In article <86601@netnews.upenn.edu> jer@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Joel Ratsaby) writes:
- >>
- >I mailed the following:
- >
- >>There are many different parking programs for pc's. But you need to remember
- >>one thing, EXIT WINDOWS BEFORE TURNING OFF THE PC. Windows keeps a couple
- >>of files open while it's running. If you shut off the pc while windows is
- >>up, it is possible that those files can become cross-linked and thrash the
- >>hard disk.
-
- << Stuff deleted >>
-
- >The safest thing to do would be to exit windows, then park the hard disk.
- >This will reduce the chance of corrupting the FAT to nearly zero.
- >
-
- Look folks... Of course you shouldn't shut down the computer before
- Windows (or any program) has exited. All of my drives park themselves,
- but some don't. I think what he was asking for was a program to park
- the heads while the disk is just idle and spinning. That would be
- of some use if your heads don't park automatically.
-
- Cedric.
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