On 26 Jul 2005 at 20:17, Don Sanderson wrote: > Lubricants dry and thicken. > Components change value, esp. capacitors. > Contacts oxidize. > Rubber seals, cushions, bumpers, etc. deteriorate. > The magnetic data on the platters weakens. > > These changes are very gradual on a drive stored in > carefully climate controlled conditions but they do > occur.
That's a pretty accurate summary. I used to hate turning off old running servers too, never sure if the drives would spin back up after cooling down. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
