On 30 May 2007 at 0:46, Tony Duell wrote:
My worry with storing them in a vacuum would be what
happnes when you
bring them back to atmospheric pressure. Air flows back through that
filter into the drive. Will it bring dust, etc, from the filter onto
the platters? Probably not, but...
The food-sealer type of systems use a very slight vacuum to remove
air pockets, so it's doubtful that they'd produce any problems.
Usually a little diaphragm pump similar to one used for aquarium air
supplies.
--Chuck