#: 5882 S10/Tandy CoCo
    05-Aug-90  16:41:06
Sb: #5817-#HELP Hard Disk
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267 (X)

Bill,

Your power supply voltages are fine, maybe slightly low on the 5 volts, but
nothing that should cause read errors.  I also wouldn't consider any one type
of drive manufactuer as worse than others.  I have two Seagate ST-225 drive
here that have been in constant use on my system for two years, and they were
two years old when I got them.  I also have a Seagate ST-506, their first
drive, that is still working after about 8 years!

If you can get a good copy of everything on your disk, then do it now. You may
have to try several times on some files and forget others.  If the data is
critical, then you can ship it off to one of the disk repair and recovery
places and for a couple hundred bucks, they will get your stuff off for you.

After you get the data, try and reformat.  I always format a couple times
without the verify, and then a final time with verify.  If this works out then
you should be able to use the drive again.  If not, then chuck it and get a new
one. Mark

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