Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:04:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Newell <mnewell@newell.arlington.va.us> To: Rob Schofield <rschof@mccomm.nl> Cc: scott@statsci.com, Hardware list at FreeBSD <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dead quantum story Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961015080109.8785A-100000@bigpuppy.newell.arlington.va.us> In-Reply-To: <199610140856.JAA04715@mccomm.nl>
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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, Rob Schofield wrote: > Actually, on a more serious note: it sounds like a dead spindle > bearing, which is usually terminal. You can recover from a dead > controller on the disk by cannibalising another, but when the > mechanicals go west, you've had it (even if you get the can open to > look, just opening it will deposit so much large-dimension dust on teh > surface that you would head crash badly if it ever re-started). I've had several drives in the past that seem to have gotten stuck for some reason or another. In one the end of the spindle was actually exposed, so I could reach in and give it a twist to get it started [sort of a jump start :-)]. In others I've been able to recover data by taking the drive out and twisting it parallel to the spindle quickly back and forth; that seemed to be enough the break the spindle free. I then IMMEDIATELY do a backup and trash the drive - drives are cheap, data usually isn't... :-)!! Much obliged, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein | | Affiliation: | are mine. You can take them or | | Address: | leave them. Flames to /dev/null. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Mike@Newell.arlington.va.us | http://www.newell.arlington.va.us | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | "Peace. It's wonderful!" Father Divine. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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