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**raptor_pa** · 12-07-2008, 09:11 AM

I haven't noticed that perpendicular drives are not intrinsically any more prone to failures. The head/slider assembly is much smaller and delicate. Tolerances are tighter. They do tend to send shivers down a data recovery techs back though when they come in and need a head swap LOL.

12-07-2008, 09:11 AM	#6 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,546 OS: XP	Re: Your opinion on perpendicular HDD I haven't noticed that perpendicular drives are not intrinsically any more prone to failures. The head/slider assembly is much smaller and delicate. Tolerances are tighter. They do tend to send shivers down a data recovery techs back though when they come in and need a head swap LOL.