[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] AT/XT hard disk park utility

bks@alfa.berkeley.edu (Brad Sherman) (08/14/90)

Help!

I inadvertantly tried to park the hard disk on an AT with an XT
diagnostics diskette.

Now the hard disk seems to be kaput.

Have I lost the data on the hard disk (I haven't tried re-formatting it yet)?

Is it really possible to trash the hard disk in this way?

This is an official IBM PC/AT and an official IBM diagnostics diskette(v2.07).

		Thanks,
		Brad Sherman (bks@alfa.berkeley.edu)

stoft@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Dave E. Stoft) (08/15/90)

It would seem improbable that just 'parking' a head would damage the rest of
a disk. However, a slight, low-level re-alignment of the head position might
affect hear-track alignment and thus readability.

Try SpinRite.