Re: Dying Apple 3.5 drive

[Adam Myrow <hurry@imap2.asu.edu>]

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On 29 Mar 1997, MJMahon wrote:

> Adam, take their advice and _clean your drive_!
> 
> It's a trivial thing to do, and _much_ cheaper than replacing it.
> 
> And, yes, a dirty head can do all the things you mention.

     Unfortunately, I've cleaned the drive and no luck.  It's still reporting
nearly sequential bad blocks on the disk after a copy.  Yet, no errors during
the copy itself.  Guess it's time to go drive-hunting.  I'm just glad I can
still read from disks!

Adam Myrow

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