Re: Xebec, Mercury Megabank

["Garrett (Da-DJ)" <gm06consulnix.com-NOSPAM>]

"schmidtd@my-deja.com" <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote in 
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> Do you want to get the drive spinning again?  The usual "stiction"
> remedies ought to work to get it going.  I'm not quite sure how to put
> it into words, but... you pull the drive out of its case, hold the
> drive vertically with your hands, and give it sharp rotation kinds of
> motions along the axis of the spindle.  In other words, rotate the
> drive along the plane of the platters... quick, snappy little jerks.
> Got my 40MB Apple drive going again in my IIci recently that way. :-)
> 
> - David
> 
> 

Without ever seeing this drive, and depending on the interface between 
the controller and the drive... It might be possible to find a 
replacement hard drive.  Depending on the bios, you might be able to at 
least get the same amount of storage regardless of the size of the 
drive.