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- From: molin@ptb.cl.msu.edu (Michael Olin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: Hard Drive (wierd) Problem - Help!
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- Date: 1 Jan 93 14:44:06 GMT
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- erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp) writes:
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- >Well I can't say specifically what is wrong but having talk to service techs
- >about Atari drives I recall that the MegaFile 30 was not a very reliable drive
- >and invariably died in about a year. He recommended to stay away from this
- >drive and get a MegaFile 20 or 60 as they had much more reliable workings (I've
- >had my 20 for many years). I realise that this doesn't help you much. I would
- >suggest backing it up immediatly and having it looked at.
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- Best advice I can give to MegaFile30 owners is to do regular backups...
- Your day is coming, if you own one of these, so be prepared and
- start looking NOW for a replacement mech.
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