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- From: minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
- Subject: Re: Help! Stubborn Disk Won't Spin Up 1 Last Time
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.071232.25099@news.media.mit.edu>
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- Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
- References: <1992Aug16.182405.16395@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 07:12:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug16.182405.16395@cbfsb.cb.att.com> mstov@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (michael.p.stovsky) writes:
- >Help!
- >
- >OK, here's my question. Does anyone out there know a way to start up a disk
- >one last time? I don't care if it won't start a second time, I jusst need to
- >get the data off & then I plan to throw it away. (Semi destructive methods
- >are OK, as long as the data can be moved.)
- >
- >The disk is a Seagate ST277N. It's a 60 MB disk, that was set up internally
- >in a Mac II. Its replacement is a 105 MB Quantum. I still have all the
- >cables etc. & am willing to do most reasonable sounding things.
-
- Yes. I once did it for that very Seagate. Hold it free with its
- cables and give it a brisk *rotary* twist on the obvious rotary axis.
- It might start. Much more effective than linear whapping.
-
- (Also, there was some talk of software for tweaking the drive of the
- stick-bearing HD40s on older MACs. Dunno where to find it.
-
- Cheers.
-
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