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Date:	Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:21:10 PST8
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Hard Drive Misc.

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Steve Carter wrote:

> I read recently that a manufacturer recommended
> operating the drive at least once a year. Manufacturer
> would have been either IBM or Seagate,

I have a couple spares I bought around a year ago. Not sure how long they were on
the warehouse shelf prior to that. Maybe I need to do something (preventative) with
them . . . ?

> as that's what
> I've bought recently, mostly IBM (strong preference).
> Too bad they're getting out of the disk drive business.

> Fujitsu claims to have a stiction-free slider (head assembly).

I talked to a few people at the last Comdex about this. Whoever is taking over that
biz from IBM (Hitachi ? Fujitsu ?) should be retaining the same production lines.
Ergo, and hopefully, nothing may change other than the branding. Or perhaps they
won't be as generous with the warranty, though that would be more of a business
decision than anything else, if the production and q.c. remain the same.

Peter continued:

> Steve Carter kindly sent me an additional private response that was too
> long for this list.

> And if I *do* have a stiction problem,
> Steve Carter told me how to fix it.

Hopefully, that solution is closer to a hair dryer than the hammer (which you
mentioned over lunch). Care to enlighten ?

> This, of course, is different from Cold Fusion which is known
> to be a fantasy.

So far.

Jordan

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