Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 20:38:27 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] IBM 20Gig
>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 I must have missed (or more likely, forgotten ;-P) that discussion... but it probably was you who suggested I check with W.D to see if they had a test utility for thier HDD that went south. I got one... but it didn't find any problems. I still wonder if there may have been some way to revive that beast. Matt _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
