11 Dec
2006
11 Dec
'06
10:20 a.m.
Richard wrote:
So as a user of modern hard drives this just sounds
inredible to me.
I take it that older disk packs, while still fragile, are less
susceptible to minor surface abrasians caused by the cleaning pads
swiping the dirt off?
These older disk packs were NOT sealed units, and the bit density
is a lot lower than you see on modern disk drives. If you put
"magna-view" on those platters, you could probably read off the
data just using your eyeballs, or maybe a cheap magnifing glass,
when it isn't being used to fry ants.
The surface abrasions that a cleaning pad would make were
unlikely to cause any problems; while the hair, dirt, dust, bugs,
spider webs, flaking oxides, etc., that were frequently found
in drive packs, were a frequent cause of problems.