[Gllug] Dying hard disk

[Ian Northeast]

Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:15:58PM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> >    Several people have reported that the best tool is a fridge, dump as many
> > files as possible before it warms again, repeat until done.
> 
> On a related topic, I found the best tool for fixing a disk which was
> "sticky" at start up was a fairly hefty tap with a hammer.

Dropping it from a carefully calculated distance (about 2.5") was what
an IBM engineer once told me.

IBM used to make quite a lot of disks which stuck if powered down after
a lengthy period of activity (years). The surfaces were covered with a
very thin layer of protective goo which would eventually migrate to the
edge, where the heads parked on power down.

Regards, Ian

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