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Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk

Subject: Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
From: Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:16:19 +0100
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Mal Lansell wrote:
> I know about the "safely remove" thing, but I thought that
it's only
> needed to prevent problems if you pull the plug while writing to the
> disk.  Since this is to be used as a media source, I should only ever
be
> reading (unless doing maintenance), in which case a powering off
should
> be safe.
>

If you pull the power on a spinning HD, you run the risk the head
crashing on the platter...

Jim

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