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From: jsd@UMass.BITNET (Jonathan S. Drukman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: disk drive data disaster, part 2
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Date: 23 Jun 88 23:01:51 GMT
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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.

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Jon Drukman                      University of Massachusetts
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