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Old May 5th 18, 06:11 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Mark Perkins
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Default "The Helium Factor and Hard Drive Failure Rates"

On Fri, 4 May 2018 23:06:01 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

The heads need to fly over the platters. That cannot happen if there is
no gas inside the drive. Vacuum drives would have the heads sliding
across the surface of the platters, like how floppies worked. Heads fly
off the platter to eliminate wear.


Magnetic levitation? ;-)

(Easy for me to say since I'm not the one who has to develop the
technology.)