Re: PATA/SATA Disk Reliability paper

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On 22 Feb 2007, nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx uttered the following:

> On 20 Feb 2007, Al Boldi outgrape:
>> Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>>> Disks are sealed, and a dessicant is present in each to keep humidity
>>> down. If you ever open a disk drive (e.g. for the magnets, or the mirror
>>> quality platters, or for fun) then you can see the dessicant sachet.
>>
>> Actually, they aren't sealed 100%.  
>
> I'd certainly hope not, unless you like the sound of imploding drives
> when you carry one up a mountain.

Or even exploding drives. (Oops.)

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