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To: Cogito who wrote (47307)	2/9/1998 3:03:00 PM
From: W. Frank	Read Replies (1) of 58324

It might be that the ZIP works similar to most hard disk drives in that the heads only contact the media during drive start and stop. Hard disk drives have a head landing zone where generally no data is recorded. However, the trend in hard disk drives is to more use of loading ramps so the heads do not land on the media. This has been particularly true for HDDs in notebooks where they are powering up and down frequently. The head loading ramp also eliminates potential "stiction" problems that occur when trying to start up a drive with the head in contact with the media. Head contact when powering a ZIP on or off may be a reason that the original ZIPs didn't have a on-off switch. As long as you don't turn off the power the media rotates and the heads fly. If you remove the media then the heads are retracted and do not come in contact with the media. Bill

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