--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Yes, but if you remove the entire head positioner (including the guide
> rails, etc) and put it back on _some_ drives you might have moved it
> sideways slightly. This will affect the index timing (since the relative
> position of head and index sensor have moved).
>
> Some drives have the guide rails fitting into V-grooves in the main
> casting, and those generally you can take apart and put back without
> problems.
I recently restored a Mac PowerBook 160 that was apparently dropped before
it made its way into my hands - the hard disk won't even spin up, several
of the screw mounts were sheared in the lower case and the floppy guide
rail had jumped its track entirely. The head was flopping around loose
inside the drive. It took a bit of fiddling, but I remounted the guide rail
and reassembled the drive - worked the first time. Now if only I had a
60-120Mb
2.5" SCSI drive to drop in this thing, I'd have a portable rig for dumping
my QuickTake 150 digital camera.
-ethan
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Received on Mon Apr 17 2000 - 00:14:39 BST