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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
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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!
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