#Hard Drive Dying?
Is my hard drive dying? I have a Seagate ST251 (ST-506 type) and am using
a Commodore A2090 (the classic edition, no autobooting for this baby <g>).
Normally the drive makes some noise for about 2 or 3 seconds during power
up as the heads fly back and forth (doing who knows what?), but about a
month ago they were silent during this phase. When Amy went to use the
hard drive the green light came on and stayed on, end of show. After taking
the cover off and reseating everything the drive came up normally. About a
week ago the story repeated itself. Last night it happened again, except
the drive never responded to my efforts, pleadings, begging, . . . Tonight,
taking mercy on me and being pleased with my abject behavior, the drive
came up. What can be done? Am I about to become a poorer man for this
experience? Please help.
Thanks, Ed