16 Jan
2003
16 Jan
'03
4:32 p.m.
The most interesting drive crash I've seen is on an IBM 3380 HDA.
The platter has deep scratches, and the heads that served the
surfaces that had the crash are litterally vaporized! The tiny wires
that went from the head-arms to the heads are left dangling...but the
heads are vapor!
-Bob
Interesting problem. I remember when I was fixing IBM
PC's back in
the mists of time we opened up an old 5MB Seagate drive and managed
to get it spinning - with our fingers! It continued working quite
reliably thereafter for quite some time, IIRC.
However, there was another drive we tried that one, but it turned
out it had suffered the worst drive crash in history - the RW head
was literally *buried* in the disk, as if someone had taken a hammer
to it. But it was a completely sealed unit beforehand.
If you're desperate, you may try prying it open and twigging the
platters. But it may well be more than just the stickies - my
experience of late has been that drives are much better protected
from that occurrance.
Best of luck with that!
Dennis
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