[wellylug] USB 3.0 via PCI-e, & SATA HDD enclosures/docks

[Ewen McNeill]

On 2011-07-15 20:48 , Cliff Pratt wrote:
> I've removed many (dead) still spinning disks and I've noticed the weird
> gyro effect of tilting a fast spinning disk....

My general approach for hotswap disk trays is to pull the disk out 
enough that it's no longer connected, and then leave it a bit (eg, 30 
seconds) for the platters to spin down before doing anything else with 
it.  I guess (for David's situation) that deliberately telling the disk 
to spin down first might save some time there.  But such software 
commands feel very 1980s "park the heads" like to me...

Ewen