New Toshiba Laptop

Whenever my laptop moves I get the following message: Vibration has been
detected in the PC the hard disk drive head is temporarily moved to a safe
position

I can check the box of Don't show me this message but why do I get it in
the first place

Thank you,
Samuel

"Samuel Shulman" <samuel.shulman@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Whenever my laptop moves I get the following message: Vibration has been
> detected in the PC the hard disk drive head is temporarily moved to a safe
> position
>
It`s probably `cos your laptop moved, and it contains a
hard drive.
Hard drives don`t like being moved while they are
spinning.
>
>
> I can check the box of Don't show me this message but why do I get it in
> the first place
>
> Thank you,
> Samuel
>
>
>

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:21:49 GMT, "Samuel Shulman"
<samuel.shulman@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Whenever my laptop moves I get the following message: Vibration has been
>detected in the PC the hard disk drive head is temporarily moved to a safe
>position
>
>I can check the box of Don't show me this message but why do I get it in
>the first place
>
>Thank you,
>Samuel
>
>


They're showing off, telling you about what they consider a
nifty feature. You get the message because of this, and
because it's actually doing as it mentioned when movement is
detected. In normal uses, the movement may cause no harm,
but it's a bit too late for it to wait to see how bad the
impact after a movement was, to THEN try to park the hard
drive. It has to be proactive in doing that every time the
designed sensor registers high enough that it "Might" be in
a situation where a jarring impact could result.

>> Whenever my laptop moves I get the following message: Vibration has been
>> detected in the PC the hard disk drive head is temporarily moved to a
>> safe
>> position
>>
> It`s probably `cos your laptop moved,

Don't you think the clue might be in the name - laptop. They are designed to
sit on laps. Laps move. I have encountered countless laptops and not one has
ever 'complained' about being positioned on a lap, incurring the expected
lap movement!

> and it contains a hard drive.

Have you got one without a hard drive then?

> Hard drives don`t like being moved while they are
> spinning.

No, hard drives don't care - the are callous things, quite happy to 'chew'
platters when rattled. However laptop hard drives are designed to go in
laptops. Laptops go on laps. Laps move. So laptop hard drives are designed
to cope with laps moving. It is something else in the laptop that doesn't
like being moved. The laptop obviously has a 'time of the month' sensor. Try
giving it the iron and a pile of clothes, then perhaps the laptop will stop
moaning about sitting on a moving lap.

"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:21:49 GMT, "Samuel Shulman"
> <samuel.shulman@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>Whenever my laptop moves I get the following message: Vibration has been
>>detected in the PC the hard disk drive head is temporarily moved to a safe
>>position
>>
>>I can check the box of Don't show me this message but why do I get it in
>>the first place
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Samuel
>>
>>
>
>
> They're showing off, telling you about what they consider a
> nifty feature. You get the message because of this, and
> because it's actually doing as it mentioned when movement is
> detected. In normal uses, the movement may cause no harm,
> but it's a bit too late for it to wait to see how bad the
> impact after a movement was, to THEN try to park the hard
> drive. It has to be proactive in doing that every time the
> designed sensor registers high enough that it "Might" be in
> a situation where a jarring impact could result.

Right. so check the "Don't show me" box and be comforted
in that the laptop OS knows the drive is, very temporarily,
unavailable, and can handle it gracefully.

Luck;
Ken