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In article <19880504130143.5.CRAWLEY@FLIGHTLESS-WATERFOWL.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>, Crawley@ALDERAAN.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (Eric S. Crawley) writes:
> Exactly 92 days after purchasing my SH204 hard disk, it failed to spin
> up.

This sounds like a problem with the disk itself.  You might want to
check and see if the drive manufacturer has a long warranty than Atari
does.  Many hard disk manufacturers have 1-year warrantys.  If it is a
problem with the disk, the manufacturer will repair it for you if it
is still under warranty.

> Regardless of whether I get the data off the SH204 or not, I'm getting
> rid of it and buying a Supra 20MB drive.  At least it is smaller and
> quieter.  Hopefully, it will be more reliable.  I still like my ST, I
> just don't have any faith in Atari hard disks anymore.

Funny, I sold my Supra hard disk to buy an Atari SH204, becaus the
Atari was so much quiter.  Have you listened to a Supra lately?  Supra
makes good products, but don't expect miracles from them, or any other
hardware manufacturer for that matter.  If you had gotten the same
drive in a Supra box, it would have failed there, too.

Just out of curiosity, was your SH204 one of the older ones with a
Seagate ST225 disk in it?
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