Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!ames!umd5!umbc3!cbw1! From: jsd@UMass.BITNET (Jonathan S. Drukman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: disk drive data disaster, part 2 Message-ID: <8862319013811FCAEPS@Mars.UCC.UMass.EDU> Date: 23 Jun 88 23:01:51 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 19 Pth: umbc3!umd5!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!UMass.BITNET!jsd You may or may not recall that I was having problems with frequent and inexplicable data errors on my SF 314 floppy. I received many letters, and thanks to all who wrote. The mail I received indicated that basically _anything_ could be the problem - the disk controller chip, the head alignment, dirty heads, bad disks... And the answer is - I have absolutely no idea what. The drive magically fixed itself the very day I planned to take it into a store for head alignment. This was over a week ago and it hasn't even hiccuped since. All the disks that were "unformattable" and "completely damaged" are now perfect. I have thrown out most of the really troublesome ones. My advice to those with this problem is the following: pick the drive up, shout in a loud voice: "I'm going to take my drive to the store now for alignment. Oops, looks like I won't make it in time." and slam it back down on the desk with a gentle yet firm touch. It worked for me. ----------- Jon Drukman University`of Massachusetts BITNET: jsd@umass ARPANET:"Naked man calm own, I'll give you some strawberry cake." - sugarcubes