Just one correctionYou may be right about that, Aguy. Can you post a link to the source of your information?
A hard drive is magnetic and the head to platter clearance is on the order of 100,000 times smaller than a mm. The are in the range of 10 nanometers Originally Posted by Aguy
I would be interested in knowing the exact clearance.
The tech at the small shop seemed extremely knowledgeable and he said the clearance was 1 or 2 millimeters.
Either way, the high speed of the platter rotation coupled with the close proximity of the reading head creates a scene for disaster if you just innocently bump your computer while in operation.
That was something I did not know, but now something I will never forget.
The moral here is to provide a safety helmet for your computer and keep it tucked away in a cabinet.
I used to keep my computer on top of the cabinet simply because it was easier to access the disk drives, but that occasional convenience is not worth the pain of being dragged through the cactus of computer hell!
Believe me, I know!
. . . I still have the scars to prove it!