Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!dutrun!duteca4!knop
From: knop@duteca (P. Knoppers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Problems?!
Message-ID: <739@duteca4.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 90 16:07:13 GMT
References: <90030820221525@masnet.uucp>
Reply-To: knop@duteca4.UUCP (Peter Knoppers)
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dep. of Electrotechnical engineering.
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In article <90030820221525@masnet.uucp> calvin.bruner@canremote.uucp (CALVIN BRUNER) writes:
>If anybody can help, I would appreciate it!  I'm running into so many
>problems on what should be a simplistic matter, I can't believe it!
>  1) I used DLII and screwed up a partition of my hard drive
>  2) I zeroed the partition, and eventually reformatted the drive in
>     order to restore it from backup.
>  3) The problem seems to be that when I transfer 172K or larger
>     programs, The drive freezes with busy light on and system says
>     drive is not on or not plugged in properly etc.
Sounds like you have a hardware problem. (Software should not wear out
like this.)
This value of 172K is intriguing. This might be caused by a memory 
problem, therefore run a memory test program. Also, open your computer
and re-seat all socketed chips. This seems to work for many people.

Can you cause your computer to fail by dropping it from 1 inch on a
table ?  This would indicate bad connectors or sockets.

Of course, the problem could also be in your hard drive. DON'T test
it for bad connectors by dropping! (More general: never move a running
hard disk drive.) Instead, borrow another ST and try to restore your
files with that machine. If it fails in a similar way, your drive,
drive controller, drive power supply, or cable is bad.
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P. Knoppers, Delft Univ. of Technology, The Netherlands, knop@duteca.tudelft.nl