On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 16:44 -0800, jdow wrote:
there are some "hacks" I might try, sharply twisting the
drive on the
axis of rotation as power is applied, for example. Sometimes that will
get the disk to spin up if that's the problem. I've managed to rescue
data that way a couple times.
I am now imagining how you start your computer: One foot on the
chassis, and pulling a rope out the front, like an outboard motor on a
small boat. ;-)
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