old disk access

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 15 May 2019 13:47:25 -0700 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Some of the old disks I'm trying to access are likely quite old - in
> the 250 to 750 MB range. Same connectors as old but larger disks
> [1GB and up] that I can access. In disks they just show up as generic
> ATA/ATAPI and it says "no media". A couple did a lot of
> screeching/beeping before they finally decided to run, but none of the
> very small ones show as a disk. What may be preventing me from accessing
> those smaller disks?

Old rotating rust disks often suffer from "sticktion" -- the spindle lub turns 
to something like glue.  *Sometime* a wack with unstick them.  Sometimes, they 
are just ready for a trip to the landfil (or recycling center)...

> 

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