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To: combjelly who wrote (796641)7/24/2014 11:07:20 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1579707
 
Head crashes do happen, most commonly from impact when the disk is operating. But they are rarer these days. Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital all have shock resistance of more than 60Gs in operating mode, 300Gs in off mode.