Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ames!ncar!oddjob!uwvax!vanvleck!uwmcsd1!marque!gryphon!pnet02!bilbo From: bilbo@pnet02.cts.com (Bill Daggett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: disk drive data disaster, part 2 Message-ID: <4642@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: 26 Jun 88 09:40:13 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.CTS.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 18 jsd@UMass.BITNET (Jonathan S. Drukman) writes: >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. Probably something wasn't making a good connection and jaring the drive or flexing the cable fixed it. I plugged an external drive in once and it was completely inop. I disconnected the cable and reconnected it and it has worked faithfully for over 1.5 years. I never saw what might have caused this. It's a tough decision to take something apart that is brand new to make sure something isn't just loose that you can fix real easily. Bill UUCP: {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax rutgers!marque}!gryphon!pnet02!bilbo INET: bilbo@pnet02.cts.com * Sometimes The Dragon Wins! * Still looking for the best Amiga BBS software to resurrect Bilbo's Hideaway on - but not holding breath!