At 11:12 AM 11/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: ><snip> >Thanks Guys! > > I was just under the assumption that there was some hacker >way to select a specific platter to backup/isolate a dupe set of >files from another platter in the event of a hard disk crash, >assuming that such crashes don't affect ALL platters at the same time >and offers you a chance for recovery. > > Thanks for straightening me out! > JimWG
ISTR from some of the stories my dad used to tell me about ancient computer hardware, back in the days of washing-machine sized drives with big platters, this was possible mainly because mini-crashes were somewhat commonish. Also, the one he described had some method of removing cartridges, so therefore you could directly manipulate platters and where they were and what was on them. These days, a HD failure is more of an all-or-nothing thing. Either it's a non-crititcal bit of surface damage that just renders a few bits unusable but the rest goes on fine, or the entire thing dies. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
