Protection of a magnetic disk unit on a portable computing device

A method comprising:

• responsive to predicting an occurrence of an impact, carrying out a magnetic disk unit protecting function that retracts a head of the magnetic disk unit of a portable computing device;
• and
• detecting whether a user is holding the portable computing device or not;
• wherein
• in the case where it is detected that the user is holding the portable computing device, temporarily deactivating the magnetic disk unit protecting function.

A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:

• responsive to predicting an occurrence of an impact, carrying out a magnetic disk unit protecting function for making a head of the magnetic disk unit retracted;
• and
• detecting whether a user is holding the portable computing device or not;
• wherein
• in the case where it is detected in the detecting step that the user is holding the portable computing device, temporarily deactivating the magnetic disk unit protecting function.