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[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

ever had to worry whether you’d parked your hard drive’s heads before moving it, child…?

Yes, also you parked it before shutting down the system every time. Once the hard drive was powered down, the heads would just crash into the platters. While not instantly fatal, it wasn't good for the drive. So, you'd park the drive before flipping the power switch.

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