On 13 Oct 2002 at 23:59, Jeff wrote: > Spinning continuosly tends to wear out bearings also.
Jeff, The better drives now have fluid bearings, the fluid is a cushion of air, they suffer virtually no wear and are extremely robust WRT shock. Also spinning drive up and down leads to thermal fatigue, however this effect is more pronounced in high performance drives. Cheers, Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html
