BLI@psuvm.psu.edu (JEFF BRENDLE) (07/31/90)
Netters:
I saw a bunch of people with hard disk problems where the drive would be work-
ing intermittently. I think it is safe to say that when the disks are NOT able
to mount or they are making odd sounds or no sounds of spinning you are best
off NOT courting disaster. All the utilities in the world will not help you.
The problem is most likely IN the drive itself. You can verify that the drive
motor is getting power from the controller cirsuitry before you attempt to have
it repaired, but if it does not SPIN it can't be used. You might be able to
get the thing to work one more time to salvage the files by manually reposition
ing the heads in the hope it will be able to spin up to speed. But in any case
see to it that the first time it comes up you do a full, verified backup. Then
you can find a place through Computer Shopper that will do the drive repair for
you according to its size. Just some recommendations since we've had two bad
drives handled in this way this summer.
-Jeff-
Jeff Brendle
Computer Consultant
Penn State - Berks Campus