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From: swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Raaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 20 Aug 90 14:43:25 GMT
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In article <03896.AA03896@sosaria.imp.com> wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand) writes:
          [...description of Imprimis hd crash deleted...]
>crash):  re-format the drive.  But this time, something was different - I
>had read errors on the drive.  Formatting stopped just saying that an error
>occured.  So I low-level-formatted the drive and tried again - no success.
>I tried a Verfiy Data on disk, which resulted in several bad blocks (that
>were not there before) and finally a message saying Hardware Error 18.
                                 [...]
Chris, if your drive suffered a head crash there should be an audible sound
when it is running.  If your head touches the disk surface then all kinds of
gunk is thrown up into the disk environment and your drive will not last long
like that (even if you could get it running again - you need to get the
insides cleaned up).  But if that is your failure then you can get your drive
rebuilt at a hard drive reconditioning shop for less than it would cost you to
replace it (they will clean the insides and remove scratches in your heads,
and replace the platters if necessary).

Before you assume your drive is ruined try formatting it on a different
controller on a different system.  There are many unknowns in your setup.
You might even have a virus.  Don't assume the worst until you don't have
any other choice.

Good luck,
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