On 01/29/2013 03:28 AM, Tim wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 28 January 2013, Sam Varshavchik sent:
- The hard drive does an emergency park of the R/W head. That does
incur some cost, in terms of wear and tear.
Are there any consumer hard drives that still do a controlled park, rather than just get switched off?
If you look at a drive's SMART attributes, you will probably see separate "Power Cycle Count" and a lower "Power-Off Retract Count". Or, perhaps not -- depending on the drive and, of course, how it's been shut down. I have one drive that, even when it is already spun down in standby, will make an audible click and peg the Power-Off Retract Count when power is turned off. The rest of mine do not.