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Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:14:00 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Possibly ailing DDS-2 drive

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In <3B8C4D11.D17A7E6C@pacbell.net>, on 08/28/01
at 06:00 PM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>Today, I blew several shots of
>compressed air into the drive. Immediately after that, I
>successfully backed up two partitions totalling 800 meg., and restored a
>few files from an older tape, which had accidentally gotten deleted from
>my hard drive.

Sounds like a dust problem. The cleaning cartridge can only remove oxides
from the heads. Too much dust will make the position sensors unreliable.
Eventually, the unit will need to be opened and the capstan rollers will
need to be cleaned.

Steven

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