Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!dgbt!gandalf!oheare
From: oheare@gandalf.UUCP (David O'Heare)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hard disk repairs wanted
Keywords: dead fujitsu
Message-ID: <2838@gandalf.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 90 14:17:57 GMT
Organization: Goodgulf Greyteeth
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Is there anybody out there who is capable of repairs to a hard drive
at a reasonable price? Or am I missing something else that's vital? 

I have a Fujitsu 2227D 40meg MFM hard disk that's giving me grief. It
was reporting lots of bad sectors (>250 k worth), so I backed it up
and tried to low-level reformat it. I can't -- DiskManager reports
"I/O ERROR TRACK 0 HEAD 0" and quits. The low-level formatter built
into the motherboard (AMI bios) comes back with "UNKNOWN COMMAND",
though it worked fine for a different MFM drive. 

Can I get this thing fixed at a reasonable price? Should I try
something else first? Do I now have an expensive paperweight? 

Please e-mail suggestions, etc. -- our news feed is awfully flaky.
Thanks. 

Dave O'Heare
oheare@gandalf.ca
+1 613 723 6500
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