mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) (08/04/89)
I don't remember seeing this posted before, so here goes: From the September MacWorld: "APPLE TO FIX PROBLEM HARD DISKS "Apple has extended the repair policy on its Apple Hard disk 40SC 40MB hard disks with serial numbers 335507 to 1023016 due to the drives' high rate of failure at start-up. Users of failed drives with serial numbers in that range will receive another hard disk free through June of 1990, according to Apple. The company will also reimburse customers who have already paid for repairs. For more information, contact your dealer." Hope this helps all you folks whose lamentations I've been reading of late... --Mike Disclaimer: I'm just quoting it as I read it. Neither I nor my employer have anything to do with this announcement!
allon@eng.umd.edu (Allon Stern) (03/19/90)
My 40 Meg Apple hard disk has been having problems. First, let me state that
it is not a Quantum. It is a Segate (at least thats what it says on the
controller board). Lately it will not boot, and when booting from a floppy,
when it tries to mount the HD, it seeks around for a while, then comes back
and says that it is damaged, and do I want to initalize it.
I had a friend come over with his 44meg removable SCSI HD, and when I tried
to show him the problem, the mac booted (Thanks, Murphy!). So, we made a
copy of my HD onto a spare removable HD of his, so I have a current backup.
I then tried initializing the HD with the Apple SC setup program, then loaded
my stuff back onto the drive. But the problem won't go away. What can I do?
Any other thoughts, or suggestions? I'm probably going to wind up taking
it to a dealer and get a new HD in return for the old one (they get credit
for old drives, don't they?). The computer/drive (it's a drive sold by Apple)
is only about a year old -- Oh, sorry, it's a Mac II with an internal drive.
Thanks. Please reply by E-Mail, since I have a couple of programming assignments
and lots of homework, and a test to study for, and may not have time to read
news for a while.
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