Re: reading older disks

[ML <mathieu%lubrano.at@localhost>]

Scsi bus need a proper termination, moving drives and caddy from one machine to another may have messed up terminators (on last device)


Le 21 août 2018 à 18:50, steve%prd.co.uk@localhost a écrit :

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>>> 
>>> I have wondered about jumpers on the drives, or some kind of format
>>> incompatibility.   I can hunt around for another antique machine to
>>> try them in, but I would welcome any wisdom you may care to offer.
>> 
>> My guess is that the disk has failed.
>> But, I have seen situations where some USB/IDE adaptors work, and some
>> don't.
>> 
>> So I would indeed recommend trying another old machine.
>> 
>> --=-=-=
> 
> A bit of a coincidence for two disks to fail and a memory fault to develop
> all at the same time, while the disk I was copying to was unaffected? 
> 
> --
> Steve Blinkhorn <steve%prd.co.uk@localhost>
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