On 5/12/2015 12:30 PM, Holm Tiffe wrote:
Fred Cisin wrote:
"Hitting console with hammer: $1
"Knowing where to hit it: $999
Yes thats right. I've thought about where to slam before slamming to that
drive and I've used an rubber hammer.
I think this solution (on a still standing disk) is far better than opening
it outside of a clean atmosphere..
Regards,
Holm
Head stiction is a very common problem
on older drives.. particularly MFM...
especially if they've been sitting for a
long while. I do this all the time.
- J.