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From: clubok@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (Ken "The Snake" Clubok)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Hard Drive Woes
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Date: 3 Jul 90 18:50:52 GMT
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Reply-To: clubok@husc4.UUCP (Ken "The Snake" Clubok)
Organization: Harvard University Science Center   Cambridge, MA
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	So this morning I flip on my hard drive just like I have several times
a day for the past several months, I wait a while for it to warm up, and I flip
on my ST.  Everything's fine.  I then double-clicked on the Flash! folder, and
on flash.prg.  I got a long row of bombs, and the computer hung.  Since then,
the drive is completely dead.  Running the latest version of icdfmt.prg, I was
surprised to discover that I had four Adaptec 5500 cards, when I could have 
sworn that I had a single 4070.  When I clicked on "rescan", I was told that
there were no SCSI devices attached.  The older version of icdfmt simply tells
me that I have no host adaptor, which is also incorrect.
	So now I ask for advice; is my controller fried?  My host adaptor?  Is
there anything I can do other than take it in to be serviced?  I should mention
that I have a plain 1040ST, a Seagate 250R (not a very commonly seen drive), an
Adaptec 4070 controller, and an ICD host adaptor.  If I do need to get it 
serviced, can anybody recommend a good place in the Boston Area?  As of now, I
plan to take it into the Bit Bucket on Friday.  Has anybody had any experience
with them?  Thanks in advance for any help, and sorry for all the mixed tenses.

Ken Clubok
clubok@husc4.bitnet
clubok@husc4.harvard.edu