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From: huilin@hpindda.HP.COM (Hui-Lin Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ST277R-1,ST11R,XT Clone
Message-ID: <40970024@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Dec 89 16:55:55 GMT
References: <2134@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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The last time something like this happened to me it was with a
Miniscribe 3425.  What caused it was the failure of the
electronics on the drive itself and was temperature sensitive.

My suggestion would be to back up all your data frequently as the
next thing you are likely to see is "Drive not ready - abort,
retry, ignore".

This assumes that you don't have any disk caching or parking
utilities installed.  The fix?  Send the disk in for repair.


Hui-Lin Lim
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