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Ever seen a harddrive fail like THIS?
by skullaria at 9:11 am EDT, Oct 27, 2004

I can't say I've ever seen a harddrive have THIS happen to it. How very ODD. The platters were wiped almost completely clean.


 
RE: Ever seen a harddrive fail like THIS?
by Vile at 12:49 am EDT, Oct 29, 2004

skullaria wrote:
] I can't say I've ever seen a harddrive have THIS happen to it.
] How very ODD. The platters were wiped almost completely
] clean.

I hope it happens to YOUR hard drive, you dummy.


Ever seen a harddrive fail like THIS?
by k at 11:03 am EDT, Oct 27, 2004

I can't say I've ever seen a harddrive have THIS happen to it. How very ODD. The platters were wiped almost completely clean.

[ Yeah, i remember this. Aren't those DeskStars (aka Death Stars) the ones that had PiXiE Dust? Some IBM thing that increased storage density but also had the tendency to cause catastrophic failure?

What i didn't know is that the platters were plastic (glass?). In all the harddrives i've ever opened, they were metal, presumably aluminum. -k]


 
Hard Disk Drive Platters are Glass
by noteworthy at 9:53 pm EDT, Oct 27, 2004

k wrote:
] [ What i didn't know is that the platters were plastic (glass?).
] In all the harddrives i've ever opened, they were metal,
] presumably aluminum. -k]

The migration to glass platters began in the last decade. Further explanation is at

http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/op/mediaMaterials.html

Briefly:

As technology advances, the gap between the heads and the platter is decreasing, and the speed that the platters spin at is increasing, creating more demands on the platter material itself. Uneven platter surfaces on hard disks running at faster speeds with heads closer to the surface are more apt to lead to head crashes. For this reason many drive makers began several years ago to look at alternatives to aluminum, such as glass, glass composites, and magnesium alloys.

It now is looking increasingly likely that glass and composites made with glass will be the next standard for the platter substrate. IBM has been shipping drives with glass platters for several years ...


  
RE: Ever seen a harddrive fail like THIS?
by k at 9:32 am EDT, Oct 28, 2004

noteworthy wrote:
] The migration to glass platters began in the last decade.
] Further explanation is at
]
] http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/op/mediaMateria
] ls.html
]
] Briefly:
]
] As technology advances, the gap between the heads and the
] platter is decreasing, and the speed that the platters spin at
] is increasing, creating more demands on the platter material
] itself. Uneven platter surfaces on hard disks running at
] faster speeds with heads closer to the surface are more apt to
] lead to head crashes. For this reason many drive makers began
] several years ago to look at alternatives to aluminum, such as
] glass, glass composites, and magnesium alloys.
]
] It now is looking increasingly likely that glass and
] composites made with glass will be the next standard for the
] platter substrate. IBM has been shipping drives with glass
] platters for several years ...

[ Huh. Learn something new every day! Thanks! -k]


Ever seen a harddrive fail like THIS?
by Acidus at 4:13 pm EDT, Oct 27, 2004

I can't say I've ever seen a harddrive have THIS happen to it. How very ODD. The platters were wiped almost completely clean.

DAMN!


 
 
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