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Parking
and
Unparking
the Drive
Heads
PARKING THE
DRIVE
HEADS
Parking
the
hard
disk drive
heads
protects
your hard
disk
data
when
your
hard
disk
is
moved
or
shipped.
The
Atari
hard
disk
utilities
include
two
types
of
head
parking
programs.
Warning:
Follow
the instructions
for
parking
drive
heads
exactly.
If
you
fail
to
close
all
hard
disk
windows
before parking
the drive
heads you
may damage
data
on
your hard
disk.
To
park
the
hard
disk drive
heads on
all
hard
disks
connected
to
your
system, run
SHIP.PRG.
This
program can be
found
in
the
HDX
folder
on
the
Atari
Hard
Disk
Utilities
disk.
Follow these
instructions
to
run
SHIP.PRG.
1
.
Insert
a
working
copy
of
the
Atari
Hard
Disk
Utilities
disk
in
a floppy
drive
and open
the
HDX
folder.
SHIP.PRG
can be
run
from
a floppy
disk
only.
2.
Close
all
windows on
all
hard
disk
units.
3.
Run SHIP.PRG
and
switch
off
your hard
disk
units
as
soon
as
GEM
Desktop
appears.
To
park
the
heads
on
individual
physical
units,
follow
these
instructions.
1.
Insert
a
working copy
of
the
Atari
Hard
Disk
Utilities
disk
in
a
floppy
drive,
open
the
HDX
folder,
and
start
HDX.PRG.
This operation
can
be
run
from a
floppy disk
only.
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