Thanks to all who helped with my hard drive issue. I yanked the old 40GB Quantum drive and shipped it off to be replaced under warranty (nothing I tried would resurrect it). Then I got a new 120GB for the second drive bay for 1/3 of the cost of the 40GB drive! Amazing how quickly things change!
Andy > Andy, > Back then, both Quantum and Maxtor both were offering 3 year, return to > manufacturer warranties on their hard drives. > Unfortunately, that doesn't include data recovery, however. > If your drive is toasted, let me know if you need a contact or phone > number information. Having your original invoice will help but they > should have a date of manufacture stamped onto the drive. > Happy 4th Weekend, > > Jeff Slyn, Owner > SLYN Systems & Peripherals > (502) 426-5469 > serving Kentuckiana clients 7 days a week since 1985! > > > On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 23:16:09 -0400 andrew arnold > <a0arno01 at Louisville.edu> writes: >> I turned on my G4 450 today and the second Maxtor (Quantum) ATA 40GB >> hard >> drive I had installed internally 2 years ago failed to be >> recognized. I did >> an Apple system profiler and saw nothing, Apple Disk Utility saw >> nothing and >> Micromat Drive 10 saw nothing. Does this mean the drive is toast, or >> is >> there another possible explanation? Thanks for any insights!! >> >> >> Kind regards, >> Andy >> a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu >> >> Remember the two most important things in life: >> 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know >> 2. >> >> The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a >> Macintosh. >> >> "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we >> knew >> the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. Kind regards, Andy a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu Remember the two most important things in life: 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know 2. The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
