4 May
1998
4 May
'98
1:51 a.m.
At 22:10 5/2/98 +0100, you wrote:
Some years ago (actually about 25 :) -- I saw the results of a head crash
on a CDC (mainframe) disk -- this thing had platters that were 5 or 6 feet
in diameter -- it was as you describe -- circular 'ditch' dug into the
medium with bits and pieces of head embedded here and there...
Regards
Jack
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>
> I recently bought a Maxtor IDE along with other HDDs at a hamfest. When I
> got it home, I noticed that it "clunked". No response when I hooked it up,
> so, I took it apart...
>
> The head had gouged its way through the entire thickness of the platter;
the
remaining part
of the platter was lying loose around the hub! It must have
made a horrible screeching sound for days (months?), but I guess no-one
noticed.