On 1999-10-18 Tibor Mocsar said:
>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 17:17:28 +0200
>After I had survived two headcrashes my third HD died again. Upon
>switching on the computer the engine of the HD does not want to
>start.
Hello again, Tibor
Earlier today I posted another message on this same subject, but
forgot to edit the subject line.
Another thought has just occurred to me. Sometimes when an
electric motor is turned off, it will come to rest on a "dead spot"
on the armature or rotor. The next time you try to turn the motor
on, it won't start. Oftentimes you can temporarily remedy the
problem by manually rotating the rotor to another position. On
your hard drive you cannot manually access the rotor, unless you
partially dissassemble the hard drive, which will most certainly
ruin it unless you work in a "clean-room" and really know exactly
what you are doing.
Here I will describe a safe way by which you might be able to rotate
the position of the rotor on your hard drive motor. I've never tried
this, but according to the laws of inertia, it should theoretically
work.
Place your PC on some kind of a turn-table and secure it well with
tie-downs, bolts, or by whatever means necessary. Then you should
very suddenly impart a rapid spinning motion to the turn-table. The
rotor should rotate by inertia to another position, per Isaac Newton's
First-Law of Motion.
Applied physics might be the answer.
Good luck!
Sam Heywood
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