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#Hard drive problem?

    25-Jan-95 21:25:31
Sb: #Hard drive problem?
Fm: Rick Figley 73537,420
To: All
I have been getting a system error saying something to the effect of "error reading (Drive Label) on block '1325'. When I click on the cancel button it can come up again with another block number. I keep hitting cancel until the system error stops popping up, and sometimes it doesn't. One thing I have done is to reboot, but all the drives come up except that one. I can turn off the computer, and the same thing, unless I leave it off for several hours then it will come up OK and work. The last time I tried leaving it off for a day or so and when I turned it on the Drive's icon came up but when I clicked on it I got the system error, I turned off the computer and back on again and it came up OK, clicked on the drive's icon again and as the window was opening and revealing icons, they stopped comming and the error came up, i clicked cancel, and the rest of the Icons came up and every thing seems OK for now. I suspect the hardrive may be devoloping some bad sectors and possibly reformatting may help with this. Or I need a new hard drive? Rick