9 Jan
2011
9 Jan
'11
2:18 p.m.
FWIW, there was a period about the turn of this
century when most of
Far too modern for me to have seen, let alone worked on... :-)
Maxtor's production was a single disk drive with
only one side used. In
addition to saving the head assembly there were enuf other cost savings to
make it worthwhile. One example is that it is relatively easy to
load/unload a bottom head on the ID, thereby making the higher capacity OD
real estate available.
Did this drive lift the head off the platter on power-down (e.g, by using
some kind of ramp)? The most modern drive I pulled apart, admittedly
about 5 years older, landed the heads on the platter (as the older
winchesters I've repaired did). If it lands the head(s) on the platter, I
can't see any mechanical benefit to having only one head, even if it does
use the inner cylinder as the landing area.
-tony