My Reply follows quote. On 11/11/2002 12:33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Holder) >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >At 11:12 AM 11/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: >><snip> >>Thanks Guys! >> >> I was just under the assumption that there was some hacker >>way to select a specific platter to backup/isolate a dupe set of >>files from another platter in the event of a hard disk crash, >>assuming that such crashes don't affect ALL platters at the same time >>and offers you a chance for recovery. >> >> Thanks for straightening me out! >> JimWG > >ISTR from some of the stories my dad used to tell me about ancient computer >hardware, back in the days of washing-machine sized drives with big >platters, this was possible mainly because mini-crashes were somewhat >commonish. Also, the one he described had some method of removing >cartridges, so therefore you could directly manipulate platters and where >they were and what was on them. > >These days, a HD failure is more of an all-or-nothing thing. Either it's a >non-crititcal bit of surface damage that just renders a few bits unusable >but the rest goes on fine, or the entire thing dies. ----------- Oh, yeah. I remember the LARGE removable disk packs used with some of the "UNIVAC" and IBM systems we used in an Air Force data processing system. Looked rather like a stack of brown 33 1/3 rpm records fastened to a central spindle. You removed a clear plastic cover (rather like a cover for an angle food cake pan) and placed the disk pack in the drive. I can see how a bit of dust could easily crash one of the platters.
Ken -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
