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From: dlsutton@uok.UUCP
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Subject: Re: My AT is still alive.
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Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 19:15:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 19:15:00 1985
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Congratulations !
My AT is now 6 months old and I have yet to have a single problem.
The rumours about hard disk problems, for the most part, are a farce.
Yes there are people that have had hard-drive problems, but in
reality, they have been exaggerated into unbeleivable proportions by
the press because of shipping delays on the AT's..
the last figures that I saw indicated that MOST of the failures
were occurring no more frequently than XT disk failures - although it
is reported to be true that SOME AT drives were incorrectly formatted
and tghhis can result in a crash in the WORST case.  If you want to be 
sure that your disk is 100% ok, backup your files and use the 
Advanced Diagnostics formatter to re-format your hard drive, also
another fix (should you encounter a bad sector) is to write the
entire disk full of information then reformat it.
	The information I am giving you is not secret - any dealer
or technical coordinator who has access to ASKINFO through their
IBM dealer support packages can easily look up the information on 
INFOSYS.
	By the way, the reason for the AT delays in shipping is
not because of disk mechanical problems, but because until now IBM
could not get enough disks from its source to pass their quality
controls - atleast that is what I have been told.

	I wish you continued good luck with your AT.

		David L. Sutton
		       Marketing Sales Assistant
		National Accounts Division
		IBM.
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