Re: What can be done to preserve a working vintage HDD?

Hello to All,
I do have a similar issue,
my profile is getting weak, louder and louder ... How to change this "bearing" ?
How to low level format ist ?
Uwe

Am 31 Oct 2010 um 21:00 hat James MacPhail geschrieben:

>
> The 5MB ProFile can be low level formatted (which re-writes the
> control data), so its demise will be from some other hazard. I'd
> guess mechanical failure of the bearings or the magnetic medium
> detaching from the disk platter. Even at that, I believe someone has
> successfully replaced the bearings in one of these, so it might be
> possible to repair it indefinitely.
>
> For more protection, you could store them:
> - in a static shielding container (eg. a metallized bag or a corstat
> box or equivalent)
> - where the temperature fluctuates as little as possible
> - where the humidity is low, and controlled
> - in an acid-free container (not ordinary cardboard)
> - with VCI (Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor) sheets
> - in a fire & theft protection safe
>
> And you could collect some non-working units to use for spare
> parts.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> >I'm fortunate (lucky?) enough to have a working Widget disk in my
> >2/10, and a 5mb Profile as well. The Profile has no bad sectors
> >currently, and after some initial troubles when I first got the
> >machine going the widget has been flawless. I would like to keep
> both
> >of these disks that way. Besides not moving the machine wile the
> disks
> >are spinning, and running them periodically, are there any other
> >measures I can take to ensure the disks will keep going?
>
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