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Old January 18th 16, 06:02 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,general,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
masonc
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Default What wears out in an HDD?

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:50:41 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

masonc wrote
Rod Speed wrote


So what clicks when the drive breaks?


That's mostly the drive moving the heads to a known
spot to recalibrate the position of the head arm.


You kids


I'm older than you thanks, child.


I couldn't believe that I was seeing "Rod Speed"
Now I believe. Takes me back to Netcom days.

RoDbot

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