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- From: am131@torfree.net (Rick Belleville)
- Subject: Re: Broken HD
- Message-ID: <DoJ1Hr.I55.0.queen@torfree.net>
- Organization: Toronto Free-Net
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- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 18:17:51 GMT
-
- B E Verins (beverins@aol.com) wrote:
- : I have a DEC 230 MB HD which just died on me. At first, the drive reported
- : read errors on every block, and then simply died.
-
- : Now, ExpertPrep informs me that my DEC HD has never had 230 MB, instead it
- : reports it has 0 MB. Obviously, something's screwey with the drive itself.
-
- : Is there any way to repair this drive, to get whatever data I can off of
- : it, or should I just use it as parts for science fiction models? ;-)
-
- I had the same problem. I am starting to suspect that it is a flaky GVP
- controller card because on my replacement HD the drive will only boot
- occasionally. Do you have a friend that will let you hook up your HD to
- his control card?
-
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