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Article #10675Re: how to lubricate noisy hard drive?
From: Paul Hutmacher
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 05:03
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 05:03
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ins845b@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr k.l. lentin) writes: > [On a serios note, I actually have a Seagate ST251, 42meg drive, that for som > reason after being off over night will not start up again. (well it works fin > at the repairers but not at home :-). If I take it and shake it around a lot > it will start up. Use a hammer. That's what I used on my friend Jerry's old Apple II harder. It was dead as a doornail and he decided that there was nothing on there that wasn't backed up so I took a claw hammer and gave it a couple of sharp raps to the side. The drive came back up and ran for a few days after that, long enough to really make sure there was nothing on it he didn't need. (your mileage may vary) Paul Hutmacher | "Just like Rome we fell asleep when we got spoiled. paul@xcluud.sccsi.com | Ignore human rights in the rest of the world ya uunet!nuchat!xcluud!paul | might just lose your own." -- Jello Biafra & DOA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!nuchat!xcluud!paul From: paul@xcluud.sccsi.com (Paul Hutmacher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: how to lubricate noisy hard drive? Message-ID: <PJqF33w164w@xcluud.sccsi.com> Date: 24 May 91 05:03:00 GMT References: <1991May22.145546.15579@monu0.cc.monash.edu.au> Organization: Montrose UFO Appreciation Society & Data Haven Lines: 21