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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Choice
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Date: 1 Dec 88 03:39:55 GMT
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In article <49120@pyramid.pyramid.com> eric@pyrps5 (Eric Bergan) writes:
|	As some of you may recall, at various times I have posted about
|having occasional problems with my Seagate ST-251 locking up with
|the access light on. Well, I finally broke down and took my Amiga 2000
|into a shop to have someone look into the problem. Their verdict is
|
|	The drive is no longer in warranty, and I have no idea whether
|I could find someone to try and service it. (Note, I'm not having
|any problems with read/write errors, so it is probably not a media
|problem, just a component problem.) Anyone know if the drive itself
|can be repaired, and where I would go to have that done?
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Pick up any issue of Computer Shopper.  There are always ads of comnpanies
specialized in fixing drives like your for a fee.  The fee is usually 
proportional to the amount of memory on the dive (who knows why?).

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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