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- ^Cby
- ^CA. P. Bodnar
-
- The read/write heads on hard disk drives literally fly so close to the
- surface of the disk that a smoke particle could not pass between them.
- Though most hard drives are fairly sturdy, it is recommended that you "park"
- (position the heads over an unused data area) the heads before you move the
- system. ^1AutoPark^0 provides an automatic way to keep your hard drive
- head(s) parked.
-
- AutoPark is a memory-resident utility that allows you select a time
- between 1 and 30 minutes to automatically park the heads on the first three
- hard drives in your system. If your hard drive is not accessed for the
- designated period of time, a tone is sounded and the head(s) are parked.
- Every time a hard drive is accessed, the timer is zeroed. If the hard
- drive is not accessed further the head(s) are parked after the designated
- period of time expires. NOTE: Accessing the floppy drives will not affect
- the timer.
-
- AutoPark uses the following syntax:
-
- ^1APARK^0 n
-
- Possible "n" Values Resulting Action
- =================== ================
- 1.) values between 1 and 30 sets timer to specified value
- 2.) space displays syntax of command
- 3.) 0 uninstalls itself
- 4.) nothing sets timer to default 5 minutes
-
- Though you can run this utility at any time from the DOS "*>" prompt, you
- might want to include it in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Once the utility is
- loaded, you can change the designated period of time by running it again
- with a different value passed for "n".
-
- To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1APARK^0.
-
- DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
- ^FAPARK.COM
-