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From: spector@brillig.umd.edu (Lee Spector)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: another HD40 bites the dust
Keywords: hard disk 40 warranty
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Date: 21 Aug 89 13:13:57 GMT
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In article <9984@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bgwilkes@cognito.Princeton.EDU (Ben Wilkes) writes:
>
>Well, you guessed it: after booting perfectly the first every time, including 
>the first two today, my SE/30 hard drive refused to spin up tonight...
>[stuff deleted] what have other people done (bang on case, tilt machine,
>etc.) which has gotten their moribundhard drive to respond?  

Try booting while holding down command AND option.  I have no idea what this
does (if anyone else knows PLEASE POST!) but it has worked for me.  Mine is
actually an HD80, so perhaps the problem is different... This is my second 
one - my first one lasted about a month before developing intermittent boot
problems.  I got it replaced and now my new one (less than 2 weeks old) is
also flaking out.  My repair guy suggested the command-option boot trick,
but I don't think he knew why it worked... I had planned on staying under 
applecare, so I'm not too bummed about the failures, but at this rate of
failure I hardly have time to load stuff back on the new drive before
I have to take it in to be replaced!  Something is obviously very wrong...
  - Lee (spector@brillig.umd.edu)