On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:57 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
> In theory, until the disks are spinning at full speed, you don't get  
> that "cushion of air" for the heads to "fly" on, which should result in  
> wear. Of course, no doubt manufacturers know all about this and have  
> come up with ways to at least reduce the problem...

http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/op/actParking.html

http://www.wdc.com/en/library/eide/79-880134.pdf



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