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Subject: Re: HELP: HardDisk fails to boot
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Date: 9 Feb 89 19:58:53 GMT
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In article <882@swisun.swivax.UUCP>, jansweij@swivax.UUCP (Wouter Jansweijer) writes...
 
>Help!,
> 
>My Apple HD-20 will no longer boot.
>What can be done?
>I guess there are some utilities that scan the HardDisk and can

This happened to my noisy PHOTON 30 several times. The phenomenon is the 
red light keep blinking while there is no normal noise of booting up. Since 
it was within one year waranty, I called up the manuafacture. A nice voice 
answered: "The problem might be with the head parking. You can ship it back 
to us. But I am afraid that it will be OK by the time it gets here. So why 
don't you pick it up and shake it gentally a few time and then see what 
happens". So for the first time, I did what I have been carefully avoiding 
-- shake and turn upside down a few times the hard disk. And, it worked 
again. Since then I have been very efficient in disconnecting the cables, 
shake the disk and connect it back again.

DISCLAIMER: This story is only for information. I don't guaranttee in any 
way that your hard disk is shakable.