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Article #4410Re: 40+ meg hard drives
From: Nino Mateos
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1989 15:25
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1989 15:25
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<warranty. Make sure that the drive you're getting was made
<within the last month, though, because there was a design
<flaw in earlier versions that caused all the trouble you
<might have read about here.
<--- Alex
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If you know what the flaw is/was, could you please let the rest of us in
on it. I know the symptoms, surely somebody knows the cause. Specifically,
I'm not talking about "stiction" or "dead spots" on the drive motor. I want
to know why the drive spins up but the Mac can't find it!
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Nino Mateos
nino@dtc.hp.com
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