Re: FocusDrive and Interrupts

[dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)]

Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> 
> This oscillating acceleration, together with the torque of the
> motor, will often break the platters free, allowing the drive
> to spin up.  When it does, don't shut it down until you've copied
> its contents to another (working) drive.

That's one of about three techniques which I've heard of. I've had success
with it on regular-size Quantum mechanisms. I've also heard of the technique
of leaving the drive in sunlight to warm up any stuck crud. This time, I
wanted to try out the oven method.

> 
> It may restart for awhile without further torquing, or it may
> not, but it won't matter if you've copied its contents.  ;-)
> 

And it matters even less for I know that I had previously formatted it and
installed 6.0.1 on it just 30 minutes earlier. ;-)

As I'm sure you realize, this wasn't a "serious" effort to recover the drive
and get it working. I was just curious to try out the oven technique.