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To: j g cordes who wrote (6733)	3/14/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: CharleyMike	Read Replies (1) of 14778

JG, the HD is a mechanical device that produces electronic results. It's likely that the mechanical part is failing. The platters spin on shafts within bearings/bushings that wear-out or overheat and swell. This causes the disc rotation to stop. The slam/hammer method sometimes shakes the frozen mechanics loose and, if you're lucky, you may be able to copy your files elsewhere before it freezes up again. I don't think Nemer meant for you to destroy the box, but to bang it hard on something solid. I have a friend who disassembled the HD case, dripped a couple drops of sewing machine oil on the shaft retainer clips, banged the whole thing around, put it back together and reinstalled it. It worked great and he salvaged his data. He likes to say that the only reason he replaced it was because it filled up.( LOL, I'm not sure how much of that one I believe.) If this doesn't work, you can still spend big bucks and recover the data unless the read/write heads impacted (i hate that word) the disc surface. Good Luck, and keep us informed.

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