ihw@hou5a.UUCP (I Walkenfeld) (01/17/85)
[...] What does (can) one do about bad Mac disks? One particular disk always gets the message "This is not a Macintosh disk" (not "unreadable"), and when I OK initialization, the Mac does a litlle something and then spits it out with the message "Initialization failed." Is this a hardware failure, tracking failure, or what? I'm not hard up for the disk, but I'd like to salvage it if possible. (I think I may have tried to initialize it for the first time with a system that I had been tinkering with - might this have done something to the disk?) Thanks for any help (or condolence). Irwin Walkenfeld AT&T Information Systems Holmdel, NJ ...!hou5a!ihw
ems@amdahl.UUCP (E. Michael Smith) (01/29/85)
> [...] > > What does (can) one do about bad Mac disks? > > One particular disk always gets the message "This is not a Macintosh > disk" (not "unreadable"), and when I OK initialization, the Mac does > a litlle something and then spits it out with the message > "Initialization failed." > > Is this a hardware failure, tracking failure, or what? I'm not hard > up for the disk, but I'd like to salvage it if possible. I tended to experience this effect semi randomly. It was always in the external drive. It stopped when I moved the drive to sit on the right side of Mac rather than on the top. Mag fields? -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems Comedo ergo sum The opinions expressed by me are not representative of those of any other person - natural, unnatural, or fictional - and only marginally reflect my opinions as strained by the language.
jss@sjuvax.UUCP (J. Shapiro) (02/02/85)
[Aren't you hungry...?] Other people have experienced field related problems with the Mac. Sit your drive on the right or left side. Having it on top is a bad idea anyway, as it inhibits airflow and causes overheating. Without a fan this is serious. Jon Shapiro