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From: dbilkis@venera.isi.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ext. Drive on the Fritz
Message-ID: <2668@venera.isi.edu>
Date: Wed, 6-May-87 02:58:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: venera.2668
Posted: Wed May  6 02:58:27 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 8-May-87 03:56:32 EDT
References: <117@hippo.UUCP>
Reply-To: dbilkis@venera.isi.edu.UUCP (Dave Bilkis)
Organization: Information Sciences Institute, Univ. of So. California
Lines: 14
Keywords: unformattable trashage
Summary: Happen's to 5.25" too when powered up/down wrong

In article <117@hippo.UUCP> eric@hippo.UUCP (Eric Bergan) writes:
>	Last night, my external drive decided to start acting up.
> It seems to still read disks correctly. But if it tries to
>write to a disk, it trashes it (seems to be messing up track 40, according
>to disksalv and diskdoctor). If you try and format a new disk in it,
>it complains that the disk is write protected (even though it is not).

Eric,
	I had a similar problem only it began when one of our hardware
guys powered down the 5.25" drive out of sequence...It no longer reads,
writes, or formats reliably, and makes some really horrible grinding
noises...we have sent it off to our retailer for repairs...
	Love,
		Wook