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Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk

Subject: Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
From: Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:23:36 +0100
References: <001901c7ec7f$85b3e6f0$911bb4d0$@tv> <fbbot6+vd0p@xxxxxxxxxxx> <002d01c7ecdd$0f4583d0$2dd08b70$@tv> <46D9D986.2090708@xxxxxxxxxxx> <000601c7ed28$3ba51da0$b2ef58e0$@tv> <46DA79D7.7080700@xxxxxxxxxxx> <46DA8F59.40608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <46DAB019.4020901@xxxxxxxxxxx> <46DB2823.1000702@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Now that cannot be true (not with modern drives anyway), otherwise
there
would be no way to safely turn off the power to an external USB drive.


Jim Noble wrote:

> 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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