Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:15:39 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] IBM 20Gig
> >So do you have any idea what toasted the 2GB drive? I had a desktop HDD go >south that had been riddled with MBR and FAT errors that went south for >some >reason when I removed it and put it in another system to test it. Never >found out what happened, but people suggested I see if the manufacturer had >a test/repair utility. But no matter what I did, the drive just would not >be recognized by any system's BIOS. It woulod seem reasonable that you >first have to get the drive recognized in some system before you can do any >testing on it. > >Matt Not necessarily - I think the IBM disk testing stuff can find cable faults etc - I suspect it talks to the chipset directly, rather than letting the bios know about it. Remember my 20G/lib50 problems? Neil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
