> From: Brian Burge-Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 13:32:48 -0400
>
> I generally just lurk on this list, but I have a problem which I could
> use some help with. My wife has been using our old C500 for a couple
> of years now, and it's her main machine for all her work as a graduate
> student. The hard drive has been giving us troubles for a while, so I
> went to install a fresh system. Here's the story:
>
> Is it likely that the drive is dead? It's the original drive, so it's
> quite old. If it is dead, can I just drop in a cheap IDE drive, or
> does the c500 need something special?
>
> Cheers,
> ��Brian
Well it does sound like your drive could be on it's last legs. If it's
a W.Digital. 2gb or worse yet the Micropolis(spelling) any size your
lucky it lasted this long! Some people like me were lucky and got a
Quantum drive. They seem to mostly last forever by computer standards.
If you had Disk Warrior or Norton Utilities and it's not one of the
drives from hell listed above you might be able to fix it. But unless
you can borrow the above software you'd at this point be better off
buying a new drive. Yes. any IDE/ATA drive should work fine in your
C500. IDE drives are cheap these days and large in size. Office
Depot,Staples,Fries etc are often one of the best places to buy
these.Sunday paper usually have ads from these stories ands others
unless you live in a smaller town. I just bought a Seagate 40 GB drive
at my local fries for $69.99. Larger then I really needed but the price
was right. I've found that the drives come setup to use as a single
drive so should go right in and use Apple Drive setup not the old FWB
that came with the C500. Best of luck, Will S
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