Re: [Eug-lug] craptastic new drives I got at fry's :(

[Jim Darrough]

Get hold of the Maxblast utility which should be on the CD that came with your disk. It will map out bad sectors and pretty thoroughly test the drive too.

Regards, Jim Darrough

LinuxRocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:49:43PM -0800, Quentin Hartman wrote:
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:49:43 -0800
> From: Quentin Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] craptastic new drives I got at fry's :(
>
> On 1/13/06, LinuxRocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Is there something can do to repair it? ( like write zeros to it (dd
> > if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda) or something?)
>
>
> There is a utility c alled MHDD that can remap bad sectors, amongst other
> things. It can be downloaded by itself from hddguru.com. However, I use it
> as part of the The Ultimate Boot CD which can be found at ultimatebootcd.com.
> It has MHDD and tens (hundreds?) of other useful free and Free utilities on
> it, including a decent graphical live Linux.
>
> That being said, I can't imagine even considering eating a drive while under
> warranty because of the hassle. Just return it to Maxtor.

I will probably end up doing that... it just sucks since its brand
new... I was thinking i'd do more thourough testing on it, and see if
its minor enough that i'd just use it... but then again, it will likely
just get worse, and end up loosing something...

What are the chances it could be a bad cable? maybe the power connector?

I guess i should test stuff more before I send it back... hopefully it
will be easy like kbob noted...

Jamie

>
>
> > fry's was not a happy stop for me :(
>
>
> I've _never_ had a good stop at Fry's. In fact, there is a running joke
> amongst my friends about "The Fry's Conspiracy" wherein the employees of
> Fry's are actively trying to hinder my computer purchasing needs; they are
> invariably out of or have stopped carrying whatever it is I need when I go
> there. Sometimes the conspiracy infiltrates other stores even... Most
> notably Barnes and Noble...
>
> --
> -Regards-
>
> -Quentin Hartman-

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