On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 11:37 -0400, Wayne Johnson wrote:
> At 10:56 AM 9/14/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) typed:
> >Now it's my understanding if a head is dragging, then a)it keeps
> >dragging, and b)no software is going to recover the damaged
> >data. I've also never heard of current laptops with Pentium-M
> >processors not being able to be run all day long.
> >
> >I've also never heard that laptop hard drives are more fragile than
> >desktop hard drives. In fact, the Western Digital laptop models are
> >rated for higher shock than desktop models.
> >
> >Has anyone heard of serious Toshiba overheating problems? Or of
> >Toshibas that can be dropped without damage?
>
> Head dragging will cause overheating but I too have never heard of
> not being able to run a laptop all day. If so I'd be in deep ca ca.
>
> IBM advertises that some of it's laptops braces for impact to prevent
> damage but I certainly wouldn't test it at the price of their laptops.
We have a few of those, they have sensors for movement, g-forces, and
angles, and they will cut power to the HD motor if anything strange is
happening. Works quite well.
Harry
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