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  I have an IDE disk system with two Connor hard disk drives.
(first drive:40 Mbytes and the second drive: 210Mbytes)
Several days ago, the primary drive failed after 3.5 years 
fault free service (always parking the drive heads before
powering down, so no bad sectors). According to the system
diagnostic utilities, the hard disk drive test returns the
error message:

Error 710: Attachment failed to respond.

Since I hear the drive motor running and the drive heads
align themselves upon startup, I suspect the problem may be
the drive electronics rather than the drive itself (I tried
replacing the IDE controller card - that made no difference).

My questions are as follows: Is it possible to get the disk 
drive serviced, or will I just have to buy a replacement?

If I do buy a replacement, will the second drive (210Mb) have
to be repartitioned/formatted?

And finally, are there more reliable drives than Connor for a
similar price?

All E-mail Replies are welcome.
(please use "michaelr@spider.co.uk")

-- Michael


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