Physical Hard-Disk Data Arrangements and Drive Failures? 46
Tadau asks: "Knowing not much of the low-level and molecular aspects of a hard drive platter, I'm wondering if it is possible to cause a weight change/imbalance on a hard drive platter by say writing solid 1's to approximately 1/2 of a side of the platter? If there is a weight change, then could that attribute to drive vibrations by an ever-so-slightly unbalanced platter, which may result in an eventual drive failure?"
Simple answer (Score:5, Interesting)
If you could however write all 1's to all the harddrives in the Southern Hemisphere it would likely cause a polarity shift on the earth however. (AF)