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Do be careful about powering off HDDs that have been possibly spinning for 20+ years. They might not spin back up.
by LocalH 5y ago
Do be careful about powering off HDDs that have been possibly spinning for 20+ years. They might not spin back up.
- walrus01 5y agoYes absolutely. If it's running and you can get access to I/O on it to copy data off via serial or something (let's say it's running MS-DOS 3.3, 5.0 or 6.2), use something like laplink to transfer as much off as possible before taking it down for intrusive maintenance. https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=laplink+ms-dos https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=lap...