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From: inm501@csc.anu.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: notorius FDHD drive on SE?
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.130425.3825@csc.anu.edu.au>
Date: 20 Dec 90 03:04:24 GMT
References: <1990Dec20.000748.14612@csn.org>
Organization: Computer Services, Australian National University
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In article <1990Dec20.000748.14612@csn.org>, cohen@boulder.Colorado.EDU (The Deathknight) writes:
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>    I have been having some problems with bad blocks on my disks, esp.
> recently, and even tho I use Mactools and the BAD INIT, I can't get
> rid of them. And now, some of the disks that have been fine for a year
> or so start getting bad blocks! This is pissing me off!  I have tried
> useing a drive cleaner, to no avail.  But just the other day, someone
> told me how there was some sort of problem with the FDHD drives on the
> SE's, that was fixed when they started to call them "superdrives".
> 
> 	Has anyone else had or heard of this problem?  Is it fixable?
> Am I going to have to pay mega bucks to fix this? Will jane find her
> husband with his secret lover, Bill?  Tune in Next week...
> 
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	I do have similar problem as you have.  We got several Mac's in here.
The ones I normally use is a MAC II and a SE/30 which got those SUPERdrive.
Quite a few occasion, I had a floopy which I just finish using on the II, 
when I put it into the 30, it looks fine.  When I brought it back to the II, 
the disk is unreadable.  I was doing backup two days ago.  Five of my disks
was, I suspect, killed by these drive.

	I always thought it is just for that particular SE/30.  It is 
interesting you point it out.  I just bought a Classics.  I hope this 
won't happen.  If you know of any solution, let me know.

Ida