RE: Whirring hard drive fails to boot up fully
Following up to my own message...
> From: Stephenson, Paul [mailto:Paul.Stephenson@primark.com]
> Sent: 05 May 2000 16:17
>
> > From: Nathan E Norman [mailto:nnorman@midco.net]
> > Sent: 05 May 2000 15:35
> >
> > These messages plus the noises you describe makes me think
> > you have a
> > bad disk drive. You're probably not going to recover any
> > data off it
> > ... sorry :<
>
> This is the unfortunate conclusion I am now reluctantly
> accepting :-( .
[snip]
> Oh well, time to investigate IBM's RMA process.
I downloaded and ran the IBM "Drive Fitness Test" which told me it
is indeed a Defective Drive.
At least I know now. Time to find that receipt.
Paul
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