laptops and ultras
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RE: laptops and ultras
For almost twenty years now, Hard drive manufacturers and windows has included in
the windows program a automatic head parking and locking system.
What this does is move the hard drive read / write heads to a safe unused portion on the
hard drive and sets head down.
This prevents heads from bouncing around and scratching the drive surface and ruining
saved data.
But as above, either carry it in a padded case or tuck it inbetween the clothes in the tour pack.
the windows program a automatic head parking and locking system.
What this does is move the hard drive read / write heads to a safe unused portion on the
hard drive and sets head down.
This prevents heads from bouncing around and scratching the drive surface and ruining
saved data.
But as above, either carry it in a padded case or tuck it inbetween the clothes in the tour pack.
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RE: laptops and ultras
During decent riding months, I carry my laptop to/from work every day on my evo softail. No special bags, packing, nothing. No problems at all.
One clarification to an earlier post - "some" new laptops "can" be equipped with solid state hard drives. However, they are still very very rare, expensive, and have far lower storage capacity. More importantly, they are not required so long as the laptop is not powered on while riding.
Actually, heat and packing the laptop too tightly are more likely to cause damage.
One clarification to an earlier post - "some" new laptops "can" be equipped with solid state hard drives. However, they are still very very rare, expensive, and have far lower storage capacity. More importantly, they are not required so long as the laptop is not powered on while riding.
Actually, heat and packing the laptop too tightly are more likely to cause damage.
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