Re: CD Storage disks (yet again)

["Anton Woldhek" getvergetver2]

Just a note on archiving on hdd (another version of the name: hard disk
drive)
It is essential to spin the drive up regularly, its like with a car, keep it
in a garage for long enough and it wont start.

Cheers
Anton

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>  Namens oryoki2000
> Verzonden: Monday, October 30, 2006 5:33 AM
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> Onderwerp: [Nature Recordists] Re: CD Storage disks (yet again)
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> >is a "hard disc" the same as a "hard drive'?
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> In the context of my note, the two terms are interchangeable. 
>  Both refer to a magnetic coating (the recording medium) on a 
> metal disc disc substrate (the "hard" in hard disc), mounted 
> in a box with electronics necessary to interface with a 
> computer's data bus.
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