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  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #536

Comment 536 for bug 59695

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Ryan Waldroop (ryan.waldroop) wrote : Re: [Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

I definitely experienced this bug with my laptop in Gutsy. Some people may
have had this problem in Feisty as well.

The bug is also *technically* present in Windows...except Windows is too
busy constantly polling the hard disk to let it idle even for a second.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Vincenzo Ciancia <email address hidden>wrote:

> I am now testing intrepid and even tough I don't have deadlocks, the bug
> is there, load cycles increase. Was this a bug also in previous
> releases? Is it also a bug in windows?