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From: hellerst@husc9.harvard.edu (Joe Hellerstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: hard drive is dead; what are my options
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Date: 14 Nov 90 00:51:54 GMT
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Reply-To: hellerst@husc9.harvard.edu (Joe Hellerstein)
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My LaCie Cirrus 30meg external drive is dead.  I think I killed it -- while 
trying to reduce the squealing, I tore a "flexible board" connector that 
connects the drive to the controller.  This connector is beyond repair, and 
since it has a chip embedded in it and connects right to the drive head, and 
since I've opened the drive itself (not just the enclosure, but the drive --
I exposed the disk itself to the evils of lint and dust), I think I'm safe in 
pronouncing the drive dead (correct me if I'm wrong, please!)
        So, I now have an enclosure, power supply, fan and controller that
I'm pretty sure are all fine, and was wondering what options I have in
terms of replacing the disk: can I buy a raw SCSI drive as advertised in PC
magazines, or an internal Mac-compatible drive, and hook it up to the
remainder of my old drive?  How hard is this?  
 
        In addition, I am soliciting recommendations for drives in the 60-80
megabyte range, external if I'm required to do that, or internal if that's
possible.  I still have the LaCie driver software, SilverLining, which I like, 
so poor driver software needn't be a problem if the new disk is 
SilverLining-compatible.
	I'll happily mail a summary to anyone interest, or post if enough
people want.
 
Thanks a lot in advance!
 
Joe Hellerstein
 
(apologies if this appears twice... don't think it made it the first time)