On 8/28/08, Joop Beris <opensuse@beris.nl> wrote:
On Thursday 28 August 2008, Sergey Mkrtchyan wrote:
I was wondering if it is safe to move laptop around while turned on. When I first got it (with Vista) there was some software which was pausing the hard drive while moving. Well, after couple of days I fot rid of vista, so I was thinking if there is any similiar program for opensuse and if it is necessary.
I move my laptop around often when it is running. Mind you, I take care not to bang it too hard against something. It's a piece of electronics, so I tend to be a bit careful with it. However, all laptops that I've had so far, have been moved while running. I've never had a problem doing so. Just don't give it any sudden shocks or jolts, it should be fine.
Joop
Its not the electronics I worry about, it is the disk drive which has mechanical pieces that are in motion. I have no testing, etc. to support this but.... I try to move the laptop laterally (left/right, forward/backward) when possible. If I do have to lift it or rotate it while the disk is spinning, I do so very slowly. My thinking is that the disk head is "flying" just above the platter. So a sudden up or down motion is more likely to cause the head to hit the platter. (a bad thing.) Since the platter is spinning, rotating the laptop will cause a gyroscopic force to try and accelerate the platter even faster. Not sure that is a big deal, but it makes me uncomfortable to think about. Somehow I just don't think a disk drive is designed to handle gyroscopic force. (Or maybe it is??) Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org