Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #33434Re: What to do with bad disks?
From: gillies
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1988 18:13
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1988 18:13
19 lines
1312 bytes
1312 bytes
I have "revitalized" several disks that cannot be initialized using
the following procedure:
-> Take two magnets (kitchen-type), place them on either side of the
disk, and spin the disk. This is a healthy exercise for the magnetic
particles on the disk!
WARNING: THIS COMPLETELY ERASES THE DISK. Also, some disks don't seem
to insert reliably into the drive, and must be reinserted to be read.
With a little practice, you can become skillful at this.
P.S. I mark these disks with a special dot to see if they exhibit
flakeyness later. If so, I throw away the disk.
Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801
ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<76000300@p.cs.uiuc.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!sunybcs!boulder!ncar!tank!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!a.cs.uiuc.edu!p.cs.uiuc.edu!gilliesReferences:
<15569@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!uhura.cc.rochester.edu!sunybcs!boulder!ncar!tank!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!a.cs.uiuc.edu!p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What to do with bad disks? Message-ID: <76000300@p.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 18 Oct 88 18:13:00 GMT References: <15569@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #R:agate.BERKELEY.EDU:15569:p.cs.uiuc.edu:76000300:000:753 Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Oct 18 13:13:00 1988