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what do I do to prepare a computer for moving and possible storage. read
somewhere to "park" the hard drive. If so, how do I do that? Thanks in
advance for any help
 
Judy said:
what do I do to prepare a computer for moving and possible storage. read
somewhere to "park" the hard drive. If so, how do I do that? Thanks in
advance for any help
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The usual advice is to pack the computer carefully, preferably in the
original box in which it came. Not mentioned but always good advice is
to make backups --- note the plural --- of all important data, picture,
document, etc., files and keep them in a safe place. As for the hard
drive question, modern hard drives "park" themselves. And if time allows,
remove the hard drive from the computer, put into bubble-wrap, pack it
carefully and ship it in its own shock-proof box or container.
 
thanks for the advice

GHalleck said:
The usual advice is to pack the computer carefully, preferably in the
original box in which it came. Not mentioned but always good advice is
to make backups --- note the plural --- of all important data, picture,
document, etc., files and keep them in a safe place. As for the hard
drive question, modern hard drives "park" themselves. And if time allows,
remove the hard drive from the computer, put into bubble-wrap, pack it
carefully and ship it in its own shock-proof box or container.
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Along with that, if you have problems when using the PC in its new location,
open it up and reseat all physical connectors. Possible you may have to
reseat the RAM and cards too.

If the cmos battery is weak, you may have to reset the date and time.
 
Judy said:
what do I do to prepare a computer for moving and possible storage. read
somewhere to "park" the hard drive. If so, how do I do that? Thanks in
advance for any help
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We used to have to park the heads of a hard drive before moving it
anyplace. That involved issuing a command that would move the heads
away from the surfaces where data was stored.

Modern drives do this automatically on power-down. We haven't had to
worry about it for a very long time.
 
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