Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:49938 comp.sys.mac.hardware:2050 comp.sys.mac.programmer:12925 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!gargoyle!chinet!magik From: magik@chinet.chi.il.us (Ben Liberman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Everyone with an FDHD drive Message-ID: <1990Mar6.071312.25729@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 6 Mar 90 07:13:12 GMT References: Reply-To: magik@chinet.chi.il.us (Ben Liberman) Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX Lines: 19 In article perez@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (William Perez) writes: > >3 months ago, I purchased an SE/30 with an FDHD drive (reads High Density >disks-those with the HD letters near the shutter). Since then, I've >heard MANY complaints about the drive. Most common is having disks >fail and never format again. > I bought an SE/30 in Jan. of 1989 and started having problems with the FDHD and Sony disks. After having 2 HD and 4 DD disks fail, I went out and bought a head cleaning disk at my local EggHead computer store. I now clean my drive every few months and haven't had a single DD failure since. (your milage may vary ;-) I'm still using only Sony disks (just my personal prejudice ;-) I have not had the occation to use HD disks since the problem went away. -- ------------ ------------ ---------------------- Ben Liberman USENET magik@chinet.chi.il.us GEnie,Delphi MAGIK