Hello Tim,

Thursday, January 17, 2008, 12:53:33 PM, you wrote:

> Most SMART errors are letting you know the drive will fail.  There is an
> ANSI standard for the Errors you receive.  I forget where I used to get the
> codes.  Now a days I just get the drive duplicated as soon as possible.

> IMO, most SMART problems are due to the Track 0 (Servo Tracks) are being
> destroyed for some reason or another. You are unable to repair those
> sectors, it has valuable servo information about your unique hard drive.  On
> the other hand it could be a CC error in the Upper area as well that's
> creating the error. I would still duplicate it and get it replaced.

> Rule 1:  Back the data up
> Rule 2:  See rule one
> Rule 3:  No Backup, cry and look for ways to get it back.

Yeah, I didn't mess around. I backed up - twice actually. Now if I can
just get the replacement drive to boot properly.
It's the dual boot thing that's giving me grief.

-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

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