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

[Cliff Pratt]

On 15/07/11 23:41, Ewen McNeill wrote:
> 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...
>
I agree, in the sense that it was useful at one time, but outlived its
usefulness by several years.

Cheers,

Cliff