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From: slootman@dri.nl (Paul Slootman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: how to lubricate noisy hard drive?
Message-ID: <1085@dri500.dri.nl>
Date: 28 May 91 11:28:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: dri500.1085
References: <1991May20.145859.11814@news.cs.indiana.edu> <1991May21.155620.27561@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <1991May22.145546.15579@monu0.cc.monash.edu.au>
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In article <1991May22.145546.15579@monu0.cc.monash.edu.au> ins845b@monu4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr  k.l. lentin) writes:
>[On a serios note, I actually have a Seagate ST251, 42meg drive, that for some
>reason after being off over night will not start up again. (well it works fine
>at the repairers but not at home :-). If I take it and shake it around a lot
>it will start up. Only problem is to get to the drive I have to remove a non
>flip top cover, take out two floppies and another hard drive and the
>controller to get to the screws, then put it all toghether when i've got it
>going. - Maybe I should try fix it as described :-)]

I've seen this (people complaining how hard it is to extract their
Seagate disk to give it "the twist") a couple of times now.

Why bother? You can "twist" the whole PC! Just make sure you twist in
the right orientation...
(It'll save some trips to the fitness room as well, if you have the
same type of hardware as I have; great arm exercise :-)

Disclaimer: I don't have any Seagate disks; I've always had some
aversion to them...

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