Inventors:
Stewart Lane Adams - Durham NC, US
Matthew Brent Griffith - Raleigh NC, US
Michael Scott Mettler - Durham NC, US
Scott David Ruppert - Durham NC, US
Assignee:
Lenovo Singapore Pte. Ltd. - Singapore
International Classification:
G06F 1/26
Abstract:
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for preventing operational shock to a hard disk drive of a mobile computer. An exemplary method includes, responsive to activation by a user of an activation device associated with the mobile computer, changing a state of the activation device. The exemplary method also includes, responsive to the change of state of the activation device, issuing a priority standby command to the hard disk drive.