Re: is this hard disk failure?
On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 13:59 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 11:46 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> > It can be a bad cable -or bad connection-
>
> For me a hard disc never gets broken without click-click-click noise
> before it failed, but it's very common that cables and connections fail.
>
> A tip: If there's a warranty seal, don't break it, try to loose it with
> a hairdryer. Then disassemble cables and remount them.
PS: Back in the old Atari days we kept the seals and by force tear out
the screw under the seal. Not every seal can be unscathed removed by a
hairdryer, but usually not all screws are needed.
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