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From: jtb@abode.UUCP (John P. Gibbons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Seagate spin-up problem
Keywords: Seagate, hard drive, hard disk, bogus, junky, trash, milk
Message-ID: <71@abode.UUCP>
Date: 7 Oct 90 12:26:48 GMT
References: <2088@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Reply-To: jtb@abode.UUCP (John P. Gibbons)
Organization: Abode Xenix Restricted Access System
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[Stuff about stiction problem deleted]
In article <2088@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>Don't power it down. As long as it's running, it won't stick.

 Wrongo!!! I ran a ST-138 for quite some time and rarely to NEVER shut down
my system and it still stuck. Agreed, it will stick more often if you shut
down but that is not the only time. 

 Personally my advice to ANYONE with a seagate HD with stiction problems, is
to just junk it and buy a better hard drive. It is not worth the trouble to
attempt to get it fixed (assuming it can be), or god forbid living with the
problem.
>
>-larry


	-john


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