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Re: Jaz drive problem

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From: Lawrence
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 00:00
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Simon Slavin wrote:
> 
> In article <3440ECE7.DE307A19@bigfoot.com>,
> Lawrence <flowerpots@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> 
> > I used my 1 gig jaz drive to back up my
> > friends Mac,  then I replugged it into
> > my Mac, now it won't spin the cartridges
> > up; the indicator below the opening
> > just flashes slowly and I have to push
> > the eject button to get them out.
> 
> Excuse the silly question, but you haven't disabled or otherwise
> lost the iomega INIT have you ?  Try booting from the drive with
> the iomega boot cartridge in.  Also try using the 'guest' application.
> 
> If that doesn't work I'd urge you to try it back on your friend's
> Mac.  The result will tell you lots about what's wrong.
> 
> Simon.

No I haven't, and it's not silly, not one bit, not even slightly silly.

Thanks for everyone's advice!  I have spoken to iomega in Ireland, who were
most helpful; it appears to be a hardware fault.  They are dispatching a new
drive by courier, free of charge and I am to return the defective one when I
am satisfied with the replacement: no questions, no arguments, pure service!


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From: Lawrence <flowerpots@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: Jaz drive problem
Date: 1997/10/14
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