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- From: eric@homebase.vistachrome.com (Eric Brunson)
- Subject: Re: Help! Stubborn Disk Won't Spin Up 1 Last Time
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.131434.13266@homebase.vistachrome.com>
- Organization: Vista-Chrome Incorporated
- References: <1992Aug16.182405.16395@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Aug17.071232.25099@news.media.mit.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:14:34 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- In conjuction with this you might try turning the drive upside down. The
- bearings on the lower side wear faster than those on the upper and can
- add just that little bit of resistance that keeps the drive from spinning
- up. Good luck.
-
-
- --
- Eric "Ra" Brunson |
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