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RE: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk

Subject: RE: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 22:40:10 +0100
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> 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.

Well, you *SHOULD* eject or dismount the drive before turning it off and
part of the eject/dismount process is to park the drive heads and spin down
the drive safely ...

... however as I said in my previous reply to Jims email most drives do use
the EMF generated by the platters as they spin down to park the heads but
that is *SUPPOSED* to be a failsafe function, not something to be used
every
time.

Phil

References:
- RE: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Phil Harris
- Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Mal Lansell
- RE: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Phil Harris
- Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Mal Lansell
- RE: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Phil Harris
- Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Mal Lansell
- Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Wayne
- Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Mal Lansell
- Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Jim Noble
- Re: Re: [OT] External Hard Disk
  - From: Mal Lansell

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