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Figure 3. v Shock sensor is enabled and the head of the primary hard disk drive is unloaded due to shock condition. In this state, the computer has detected the shock condition and the head of the primary hard disk drive is unloaded to protect the hard disk drive from physical damage. Figure 4. v Shock sensor is set to temporarily ignore frequent repetitive shocks such as those experienced when in a train or automobile. Figure 5. User interface and task tray applet The active protection system application program is installed as part of the IBM Hard Drive Active Protection System driver package on Windows 2000 and Windows XP platforms using InstallShield version 6.3. Once this package is installed, an icon is added to the system tray in response to detecting an excessive shock. The user can remove the system tray icon by right-clicking in the system tray and selecting Remove Hard Drive Active Protection icon from the System Tray or by clearing the Show hard drive active protection icon in the system tray checkbox. InstallShield installs the following components: v ShockPrf.sys: kernel mode device driver for prediction algorithm and hard disk drive control v Shockmgr.sys: kernel mode driver for miscellaneous operation v Sensor.dll: application interface dll v TpShCPL.cpl: control applet v TpShocks.exe: task tray application v TpShCPL.dll: bitmap resource file for this application program v TpShPrm.hta: promotion pop-up window v TpShPrm.gif: animation for promotion pop-up window v TpShPrm.jpg: banner picture for promotion pop-up window Use the task tray menu to enable and disable the active protection system. Select Enable Hard Drive Active Protection on the system task tray to enable the shock detection and protect the primary hard disk drive from damage. To see the list of options for the protection system, double-click the icon in the system tray, click Start --> All Programs --> Access IBM --> IBM Hard Drive Active Protection, or open the Control Panel and double-click IBM Hard Drive Protection. The properties window is displayed: 4 IBM Active Protection System Whitepaper

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v
Shock
sensor
is
enabled
and
the
head
of
the
primary
hard
disk
drive
is
unloaded
due
to
shock
condition.
In
this
state,
the
computer
has
detected
the
shock
condition
and
the
head
of
the
primary
hard
disk
drive
is
unloaded
to
protect
the
hard
disk
drive
from
physical
damage.
v
Shock
sensor
is
set
to
temporarily
ignore
frequent
repetitive
shocks
such
as
those
experienced
when
in
a
train
or
automobile.
User
interface
and
task
tray
applet
The
active
protection
system
application
program
is
installed
as
part
of
the
IBM
Hard
Drive
Active
Protection
System
driver
package
on
Windows
2000
and
Windows
XP
platforms
using
InstallShield
version
6.3.
Once
this
package
is
installed,
an
icon
is
added
to
the
system
tray
in
response
to
detecting
an
excessive
shock.
The
user
can
remove
the
system
tray
icon
by
right-clicking
in
the
system
tray
and
selecting
Remove
Hard
Drive
Active
Protection
icon
from
the
System
Tray
or
by
clearing
the
Show
hard
drive
active
protection
icon
in
the
system
tray
checkbox.
InstallShield
installs
the
following
components:
v
ShockPrf.sys:
kernel
mode
device
driver
for
prediction
algorithm
and
hard
disk
drive
control
v
Shockmgr.sys:
kernel
mode
driver
for
miscellaneous
operation
v
Sensor.dll:
application
interface
dll
v
TpShCPL.cpl:
control
applet
v
TpShocks.exe:
task
tray
application
v
TpShCPL.dll:
bitmap
resource
file
for
this
application
program
v
TpShPrm.hta:
promotion
pop-up
window
v
TpShPrm.gif:
animation
for
promotion
pop-up
window
v
TpShPrm.jpg:
banner
picture
for
promotion
pop-up
window
Use
the
task
tray
menu
to
enable
and
disable
the
active
protection
system.
Select
Enable
Hard
Drive
Active
Protection
on
the
system
task
tray
to
enable
the
shock
detection
and
protect
the
primary
hard
disk
drive
from
damage.
To
see
the
list
of
options
for
the
protection
system,
double-click
the
icon
in
the
system
tray,
click
Start
-->
All
Programs
-->
Access
IBM
-->
IBM
Hard
Drive
Active
Protection
,
or
open
the
Control
Panel
and
double-click
IBM
Hard
Drive
Protection
.
The
properties
window
is
displayed:
Figure
3.
Figure
4.
Figure
5.
4
IBM
Active
Protection
System
Whitepaper