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Article #4247245MB removable disk reliability
From: Dave Yost
Date: Sat, 13 May 1989 07:06
Date: Sat, 13 May 1989 07:06
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Recently I asked if anyone had experience with any of the various 45MB removable disk drives. Apparently all the different brands are made by the same manufacturer, Syquest. I got one reply that said he had a head crash right away and sent it back, and that he had heard of head crashes from several other people. I read in the manuals that you have to be very careful, don't jar the drive when it's running, follow such and such insertion and ejection procedures gently, etc., and they say, as with any hard disk drive, BACK UP YOUR DATA! Well, backup is what I want to use the drive for in the first place, so this doesn't sound too reassuring. Has anyone out there had consistently good experience with these things, or are they indeed shaky? --dave yost
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!grand!day From: day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: 45MB removable disk reliability Message-ID: <494@grand.UUCP> Date: 13 May 89 07:06:09 GMT Organization: Grand Software, Inc., 213-650-1089, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 22