Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!uflorida!haven!purdue!decwrl!sun!plx!sixwbn!walt From: walt@sixwbn.UUCP (Walt Novinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: A new angle for my ST-225 Message-ID: <121@sixwbn.UUCP> Date: 1 Dec 88 06:27:17 GMT References:<427@mccc.UUCP> Reply-To: walt@sixwbn.UUCP (Walt Novinger) Organization: Just me and my Robin in Mt. View, CA Lines: 31 In article <427@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: >In article porter@topaz.rutgers.edu (Adam L. Porter) writes: >= >=A while ago, I got wise and turned my XT on its side to save space. >=However, I am getting intermittent seek errors from my Seagate ST-225 >=(with Western Digital controller, if it matters). > >=Is there a good way to stop these errors without reformatting the >=drive? > >I have two suggestions. (1) Buy a used AST Rampage/PC and (2) turn the >computer right-side up! Keep it on its side and you'll be in the market >for a new HD by New Year's Day. > I disagree that Adam has to be in the market for a new HD by New Year's. I have run numerous 225's (and other) HDs on their sides for several years. Before doing so (assuming that they had data on them), I always backed them up, turned them to their new position, and did a low-level reformat. As the drive ages, and the head positioning mechanism wears ever-so-slightly, the change in position can cause the head to shift with respect to the previously formatted tracks. Reformatting in the new position seems to alleviate the problem. Good luck, Adam! ================================================================================ Walt Novinger | ...!sun!plx!walt | ~ Plexus Computers, Inc. | ...!sun!plx!sixwbn!walt | Joke 'em if they can't~ 3833 N. First St. |-------------------------------| take a f**k! ~ San Jose, CA 95134 | Disclaimer: You mean my | ~ 408-943-2406 (w) | boss might read this? | Robin Williams ~ 415-964-9377 (h) | Nah - he forgot his password! | ~ ===============================================================================