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DUG@CZHETH5A.BITNET (Schwegler Ralph) writes:
>     Hello,
>
>     When i first switch on my computer, my HD (Seagate SR-238) works well.
>     But after some minutes, there are many R/W errors. I am using DOS 3.21;
>     i have low level formated my HD as a SR-238R HD, with Seagate's
>     Diskmanager.
>
>     I could not find a virus, either with f-prot 115 or scan 77. If i list
>     the TSR, there is a 3120 bytes long file labelled ?.
>
>     Could that be the cause of the harddisk problems ?
>
>     Thanks for your advices.
>
>     Ralph Schwegler, student at University St.Gallen for Economics (CH).
>     E-Mail : 89611628@csghsg54.bitnet  /  89611628S@gamma.unisg.ch

The problem might simply be thermal expansion of the platter in the
drive.  As the drive warms up, the platter expands, and the heads are
now mis-aligned.  I had the same problem with my Miniscribe 8438.  A
very simple cure: I never turn my computer off! Well, except for
thunderstorms...  If you have to turn the computer off, then boot from
a (clean, of course!) floppy, and wait for the computer to warm up
before using the hard drive.

Suggestion: Buy a copy of Spinrite II and use it regularly. Best $80 I
ever spent. (I am in no way affiliated with Gibson Research, just a
satisfied customer)

Richard Hempsey   at   ersys!nowhere!rich@nro.cs.athabascau.ca
                  or   rich@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
                  or   ...!alberta!aunro!ersys!nowhere!rich
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