A Q about Lenovo advice

Have U guys seen this:

"To avoid damaging the hard drive, you should:
Avoid jarring the system while the hard drive is operating.
Suspend, hibernate, or shut down the computer completely before moving it, and
Wait 30 seconds after initiating suspend, hibernation, or shutdown before moving the system so the hard drive can stop"....

This is from the Lenovo website.

Now, does anyone follows that directions ?
R they even possible to follow ?
I was suprised that the instructions basiclly wants U to keep your mobile comuter - not so mobile !
What do you thing ???

 

I think that's good advice to follow. To answer your questions, I don't follow them myself, but I also am very careful when moving my laptop. I try to keep the movement as smooth as possible.

Yes, these R possible to follow.

It never says that you can't move the computer, just don't jar it while it's on and try to move it when the harddrive isn't on.

I think that it's not hard to put the computer into suspend before you move it. It might be a little annoying, but no big deal. Plus, if you are careful with the computer, your hard drive won't be damaged.

 

Hard drives don't like being bounced around while they're running - that can cause head crashes that result in all sorts of ugliness. Lenovo's advice is good, but not something I take too seriously with my T43 - I trust the Active Protection System to keep my hard drive safe.