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Article #20304Re: Hard Drive (wierd) Problem - Help!
From: Michael Olin
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 14:44
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 14:44
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erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp) writes:
>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.
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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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!ptb.cl.msu.edu!molin 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! Message-ID: <1i1lbmINNmdu@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 1 Jan 93 14:44:06 GMT References: <H.eg.8xoBXXa8KAU@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> <1992Dec31.114129.2 Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: ptb.cl.msu.edu