Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:14:10 -0500
From: "Lawrence Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HDC error
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From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: HDC error
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:28:37 -0500
> From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: HDC error
>
> Hi. Lately I have been experiencing an intermittent problem with a 6GB
> 8.45mm drive in my L100 running Win98.
>
> The machine will sit there, accessing the HDD slowly. Like read, pause,
> read, pause, read, pause... for a minute or two, and finally either a blue
> screen error announcing "unable to write to drive C: data or files may
> hah! ) be lost, or else it will simply reboot.
>
> Once when trying to restart immediately opon boot I saw a black screen
with
> the ominous pronouncement "HDC error"
>
> I have run the most throrough scandisk possible, and sometimes it finds
and
> fixes errors, sometimes it reports no errors.
>
> Any ideas? You think the Hard Disk controller is flaky or is maybe the HDD
> itself going?
It's a typical sign of HDD going bad. Backup immediately and get a new
HDD(or your old one).
>
> I have a retired 4GB HDD which I may try for a while.
>
> IF the HDD is bad, does anyone know which brand drives are silent? My
> current one seems to park the head after every write and it is most
> annoying. Clickety-tick, clickety-tick. I always thought the Toshiba 810MB
> original L50 drives were smooth and silent.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pres Waterman W2PW
> c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc.
> Long Island Ford and Kia dealer
>
> GO BILLS!
>
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>
>
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