[Ham-Computers] Help With Diagnosis

[Dan Violette]

Duane, I am not the expert but since your drive is working, you could hook
the new drive as a slave and clone your drive.  Then move the new drive to
the master position and not notice anything different and nothing to
install.  The old drive could be put away in a zip lock bag as a backup and
stored.  I know there are some concerns with different drive sizes, but I
think there is software to clone over different drive sizes (ghost?).  Now
is the time to do something before it is too late.

Dan KI6X 

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[mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Duane Fischer,
W8DBF
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:55 AM
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experimenting
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Help With Diagnosis

Thank you Kurt. Some good suggestions and bits to byte upon.

If I do replace the HD, the 'real' problem may be in getting someone to
install the Win 95B OS I want on it! That OS has been the best one for me,
as it works beautifully with all adaptive software and hardware items. It
has both PCI and ISA slots so the longer speech boards from DEC fit.

I could buy a refurbished Win 98 machine, but they all have the Win XP OS,
which I do NOT want!

The simple truth is, there are thousands of programs written in DOS, and
other languages, that work perfectly for the blind on the Windows 95 and Win
98 platforms, most of these have not been rewritten in newer languages so
they are not available on the systems after Win 98 was dropped. So like it
or not, I either keep several Windows 95B or Win 98 SE machines operating
here, along with a XP machine for the Internet, or go without.

Duane

Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
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To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Help With Diagnosis


>I have heard a few hard disks make a whining noise before they fail.  
>Some  times it is due to bearings, some times it is due to microscopic 
>wear on  the  disk surface causing a resonance between the disk and 
>heads and arms.  In  a  few instances, it has been due to an electronic 
>malfunction causing the  disk  motor or arm motor to ring due to them 
>being sent a funky wave form due to  degrading components.  The old IBM 
>model 55s were notorious for this after  baking an storage for a few 
>years.  The problem is, one can not know how  long the drive will last.  
>By far the worst is on an 80286 I still use, it  sounds like chirping 
>brakes on a car.  I wonder if the hard drive has some  grease fittings 
>I can get to.  If possible, if the drive can be put into  another 
>computer, it can be tested for the same problem.  If the problem  stops 
>with a different mother board, it is most likely an electronic  driver  
>problem.  If the sound continues and if one can use a straw or 
>amplified  stethoscope to narrow the sound to the disk alone, there is your
culprit.
>
> Kurt
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