Date   : Fri, 16 Dec 1983 01:04:26-PST (Fri)
From   : hplabs!hpda!fortune!rpw3@ucb-vax
Subject: Re: hard disk travelling advice requeste - (nf)

#R:sri-arpa:-1450000:fortune:25500002:000:1071
fortune!rpw3    Dec 15 22:03:00 1983

The main items (on 5-1/4" drives) to watch out for are:

1. Write a program that moves the heads to the recommended "landing zone"
   before you shut it off. If you don't know where that is, try the very
   last (highest #) cylinder.

2. Pack it VERY well in THICK foam, so the heads don't bounce.

3. Keep it VERY clean, and wait a few hours after flying with it to
   let it warm up from the chill of the luggage compartment. The cleaniness
   is because air will vent in and out through the filter as the plane goes
   down and up, and the cleaner the area around the breather holes (near the
   spindle), the less chance of some dust sneaking into the "clean room".

4. It you are carrying a bare drive, make very sure that nothing can touch
   or bounce into the actuator arm (the end of the head positioner stepping
   motor on the side of the drive). Use even more foam.

That's all! Have fun.

Rob Warnock

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