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To: Cogito who wrote (4917)12/7/1998 11:57:00 PM
From: Dale Stempson  Read Replies (1) of 10072
 
Click of Death

There was an article in Sunday's San Jose Mercury News (Computing Section page 7F) titled "What to do when the 'click of death' comes knocking," by Dan Keating. The article does not appear to be available at their website, so I am unable to provide a net link. FWIW, it begins like this:
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Of all the disasters that could befall your computer, the "click of death" definitely sounds like one of the most ominous. And it probably is. It's a clicking sound that appears suddenly. It means that a lot of information may be lost. And a pretty expensive piece of hardware might be gone, too.

Here are a few snips:

...The click of death afflicts two storage devices: Zip drives and Jaz drives from Iomega.

...It's hard to say how frequently the problem strikes. Iomega says that fewer than one-half of 1 percent of its customers have complained.

...A newer 250-megabyte Zip drive is also just coming onto the market. It's too new to know if the problem will appear there, too.

...another reason the click of death is so dreaded - it's striking right at something that lots of people have come to rely on.

...The clicking sound is actually just a symptom that something has gone wrong.

...The clicking sound might signal a defect only in the storage cartridge that's in the drive at the time.

...But - and this is a very important "but" - do "not" test with another cartridge that has any information on it that you care about. Because it's quite possible that the second cartidge will become unreadable, too.

...Since the clicking probably means that the cartridge is damaged, there semms to be little value in trying it in another drive.
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While the article is mostly a negative rehash of old news, it did mention Steve Gibson's "Trouble in Paradise" (TIP) program which can be downloaded free from: spinrite.com

Regards - Dale
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