Re: disk drive data disaster, part 2

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From: Bill Daggett
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1988 09:40

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jsd@UMass.BITNET (Jonathan S. Drukman) writes:
>shout in a loud voice: "I'm going to take my drive to the store now for
>alignment.  Oops, looks like I won't make it in time." and slam it back
>down on the desk with a gentle yet firm touch.  It worked for me.

Probably something wasn't making a good connection and jaring the drive or
flexing the cable fixed it.  I plugged an external drive in once and it was
completely inop.  I disconnected the cable and reconnected it and it has
worked faithfully for over 1.5 years.  I never saw what might have caused
this.  It's a tough decision to take something apart that is brand new to make
sure something isn't just loose that you can fix real easily.

Bill

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Subject: Re: disk drive data disaster, part 2
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