And sometimes it appears that signal noise created by the power aberrations activates the write sequence in the controller just long enough to overwrite critical data. See this a lot on platters we have analyzed for recovery. Especially where there are multiple on off cycles.
Otis Feroze Kistan wrote: > They can when the head unit bounces and hits the platter when the surge > cause the tip to jump higher than normal > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:18 AM > Subject: Re: A must read! (WAS Re: Digital-only labs) > > The disc platters themselves are magnetic metal and probably > not capable of being damaged by a power surge.