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From: pete@Octopus.COM (Pete Holzmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard Drive that Wouldn't spin--reprieved
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.070819.8070@Octopus.COM>
Date: 16 Jan 91 07:08:19 GMT
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Reply-To: pete@octopus.COM (Pete Holzmann)
Organization: Octopus Enterprises, Cupertino CA
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One more suggestion:

    If you look at the drive carefully, you should see a small exposed
    area near the center of the spindle that can be pushed at via 
    judicious use of a pencil with eraser. That works every time, since
    it can be done while the power is on.

    Note that once your drive begins to have this problem on a regular
    basis, the problem can NOT be permanently solved. Might as well
    get it refurbished or replaced.

Pete
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