I used to support a product with a similar fix. We had a bunch of desktop PCs in the field that were only used from January through April of each year, and usu

I used to support a product with a similar fix. We had a bunch of desktop PCs in the field that were only used from January through April of each year, and usually powered-down the other eight months. Apparently, after several months of no use, the hard drive bearings had a tendency to stick, and the temporary solution that often worked was to have the client lift the front of the box a few inches off the desk and let it drop, unseizing the bearing. A lot of reactions along the lines of "I can't believe that worked!"