Comments on: Webshots and Weatherbug, away with you! https://dfarq.homeip.net/webshots-and-weatherbug-away-with-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webshots-and-weatherbug-away-with-you David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/webshots-and-weatherbug-away-with-you/#comment-3328 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:52:03 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=617#comment-3328 >>>added it to my pile of questionable drives.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/webshots-and-weatherbug-away-with-you/#comment-3333 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:33:40 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=617#comment-3333 Dropping a drive definitely should be considered a last-resort desperation tactic, but it’s something that even IBM field service technicians sometimes resort to.

And of course, the next step after resorting to that tactic is to back up the drive and replace it.

That particular drive actually ran for another couple of months before it died again. I connected it up to a PC and reformatted it and used it for a while. When it started acting up again though, I added it to my pile of questionable drives.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/webshots-and-weatherbug-away-with-you/#comment-3332 Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:46:05 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=617#comment-3332 Although I do not agree with dropping a drive(!) I did have a Mac that would not start up from the hard disk, though it would from floppy and CD. Norton wouldn’t do anything (just refused to recognise drive other than display a SCSI icon for it) so stiction I thought. I removed the cover. I could see the HD light flickering so it was trying to get going, gave the HD a sharp tap with a pair of scissors, at the side. Ah! It started to boot! Needless to say, quick CD copy of everything!
Thanks for the reassurance to give this a thump!

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