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01 Wake Up: minor revision 

Fixing the inconsistency with how HDDs are operated between this
chapter and chapter 6.
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warm up, he walks over to the rack and sits down on the floor in front
of it. He inspects the status lights on the various devices, thinking
aloud: <span class="quote speech">CPU is idle, serials are idle,
cryogenics control unit sees one active chamber, primary hard drive is
powered up &ndash; all good. Secondary hard drive is powered down,
let&apos;s change that...</span> He pushes the power button and hears
the spindle motor kick on. The power button blinks. There is some
intermittent rattling from the drive, probably a shot bearing.
He hears the platters inside accelerate for an unusually long time.
Impatiently sitting there, Jack waits for the drive to be ready.
Clicking from the mechanism unlocking the heads followed by a ringing
scratching noise. <span class="quote speech">Of course.</span> He
quickly presses the power button again. The scratching stops and the
spindle motor turns off, followed by the platters slowly decelerating.
one active cryogenic chamber, primary hard drive is spinning &ndash;
all good. Secondary hard drive is powered down, let&apos;s change
that...</span> He pushes the power button and hears the fans kick in.
The spin-up button starts blinking. He waits for a moment to let the
fans blow away any dust that may have settled inside the drive, then he
pushes it. The spindle motor kicks on. There is some intermittent
rattling from the drive, probably a shot bearing. He hears the platters
inside accelerate unusually slowly. Impatiently sitting there, Jack waits
for the drive to be ready. Clicking from the mechanism unlocking the
heads followed by a ringing scratching noise.
<span class="quote speech">Of course...</span> He quickly presses the
power button again. The scratching stops and the spindle motor turns off,
the spindle still rattling occasionally as the platters spin down.
<span class="quote speech">That&apos;s gonna be an ugly head crash.
No manuals for me, I guess...</span>
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