Holding down the power button when the systems freezes

[Tim]

Tim:
>> Are there any consumer hard drives that still do a controlled park,
>> rather than just get switched off?

Sam Varshavchik:
> On my laptop with a ~4 year old hard drive, there's quite an audible  
> difference between a forcible power-off, with a clunk, and an orderly  
> shutdown that turns the power off quietly.

Hmm, I'll have to have a listen out for what my laptop does.  I can well
imagine laptops having an emergency shutoff, seeing as some of them use
motion detectors to protect drives against bangs.

But my external drives seem to make the same loudish bang when they put
themselves to sleep, compared to losing power.  To be honest, I think
external drives need motion detection.  All too often people move them
about while they're running.  And the ones that sit upright aren't the
most stable of things.



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