From: TROTTIER, Tom (ttrottier_at_shl.com)
Date: Fri Oct 16 1998 - 13:52:51 EDT
I'd suggest running MS Scandisk or Norton's disk fixer. They access
the data at a more raw level to fix stuff
Ciao, Tom
From: Tom Trottier, SHL Performance Testing +1 613 787-4736, WEP
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Morrow [SMTP:penzance_at_icanect.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 1998 6:36 PM
To: nick_at_bs28ha.demon.co.uk
Cc: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: ThinkPad Zip problem
I have seen that problem beofre, but on HDD's when doing a lap link
file
transfer..
everything would come to a screeching halt when laplink got to a
certain
file..
never did learn what the problem was.. whatever it was it was
associated
with only one file that was misreporting its size..
nick_at_bs28ha.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I'm having big problems with my Zip drive/disk. First, let me put
you
> in the picture: I have an IBM ThinkPad 760CD runing Windows 98 with
a
> zip drive especially made by VST Technologies to fit into the
ultrabay
> of the ThinkPad (swappable wit the CD-ROM drive). The VST zip drive
> has been working wonderfully for the past 10 months (with 15 zip
> disks) and is a lot faster than my old parallel port Zip drive and
I
> don't need to lug around a mains adapter.
>
> Last week, to my horror, whilst transferring some files from a zip
> disk, the whole system crashed - no mouse movement, pressing
> 'ctrl-alt-del' is unresponsive, the only alternative is to flick
the
> power switch. When this occurs, the drive's light comes on
> intermittently together with a whirring sound (just like when the
> drive is searching for data normally) for a few seconds, then quiet
> for a few seconds. This is repeated over and over again. Meanwhile,
I
> cannot do anything with the machine unless I turn it off and
reboot.
>
> Both Iomega's diagnostic and full scandisk showed no errors. This
> problem is 100% reproducible every time a particular folder is
> accessed - even just for viewing the contents of the folder. No
other
> folders on that zip disk or any other disks seem to be affected. On
> deletion of the affected folder (and losing my data!), the problem
is
> cured.
>
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