On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 10:17 AM, Brian Burge-Hendrix wrote:
> Greetings! > > My thanks to everyone who offered advice regarding the dead hard drive > in my C500. Here's my summary of the situation -- please correct me if > anything is incorrect before I go out and do something silly! > > - The drive is no longer to be trusted. > - Any IDE/ATA drive will work in its place. > - Norton Utilities or Disk Doctor might be able to resurrect the drive > (but I don't have the software, nor does anyone I know, and even at > US$10.00 it'll be comparable in cost, once duty and shipping are > included, to buying a cheap IDE drive, with no guarantee that it will > solve the problem). > > All that being said, I'm going to wait a couple of days and then look > for an inexpensive replacement drive. If anyone on the list has a > reliable used drive they'd like to part with, or knows of some > particularly good deals, then please do let me know. > > Thanks again for all of your help. It looks like it's worth buying a > replacement drive, and my wife will be spared having to switch over to > Windows. > > Cheers, > Brian > > -- > A popular Igbo song goes: _Erigbuo a konye ozo erigbuo_ > "Eat it up, because it's someone else's food!" > I joined this late but here's my 2 cents. In my C500, I replaced the OEM HD with an IBM 40 GB HD from newegg.com. They have IBM Deskstar 40 GB for $75. It varies in price 'cause last week it was $ 71. It's plug 'n play once you get the old drive out. All the jumpers on the IBM drive are set at the factory so all that's needed is to remember how to connect the power cord. I'm using OS 9.1 on my C500 and the IBM drive works great. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
