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From: madcat@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Marty Donaldson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Hard Disk Won't Spin on UNIX PC
Message-ID: <3114@cbnewsm.ATT.COM>
Date: 22 Aug 89 13:31:15 GMT
References: <21443@cup.portal.com>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Short Hills, N.J.
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From article <21443@cup.portal.com>, by thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan):
> A lot of the "my disk don't spin" (sic :-) problems are caused by a
> .............  Often just twisting the
> stepper motor shaft a wee bit will "break" the stiction and permit one to
> power- and spin-up the drive.  
> 
I've had this problem with my second hd. Moving the stepper motor shaft has
always worked, but it's not convenient. I have since made it a practice to
always boot the diag. floppy and park the heads after I do a "shutdown".
It has not failed me yet.

Marty