From: Tom A. Trottier (TomATrottier_at_home.com)
Date: Tue Mar 06 2001 - 19:03:55 EST
Dear Bill,
Which do you sell, the 6.4GB or the LBA error?
Tom
On 6 Mar 2001, at 0:59, sayeth Bill Morrow <penzance_at_gate.net>
> Ed..
>
> you can buy onew of these from IBM for $30..
> i charge $39.. no sales tax..
>
> that HDD with the bad clusters appears to have had it..
> have you tried DFT.. there is a link on my web site..
>
> if you can't find one, let me know.. :-)
>
> on another subject, there is an old russian saying.. "i can't afford the
> cheap stuff" this refers to vodka, of course.. but it applies to life in
> general..
> we have both been in the same place.. try to save time and $$ and wind up
> spending MUCH more of both..
>
> feel free to call me if you need some personal help.. :-)
>
> Cordially, :-)
> Bill Morrow
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edwin A Camin" <camin_at_ed-camin.com>
> To: <TomATrottier_at_home.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 12:25 AM
> Subject: Re: 6.4 gig drive LBA error
>
>
> > Thanks Tom. That never occured to me. I'll try it this PM.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom A. Trottier" <TomATrottier_at_home.com>
> > To: "Edwin A Camin" <camin_at_ed-camin.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 2:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: 6.4 gig drive LBA error
> >
> >
> > > Dear Edwin,
> > >
> > > The setup program has a number of switches, including one to skip the
> > > disk test. Check out the MS support site.
> > >
> > > Since the problem occurs at 99%, why not fdisk the drive 2% smaller &
> > > try it?
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > On 2 Mar 1999, at 1:15, sayeth Edwin A Camin <camin_at_ed-camin.com>
> > >
> > > Thanks Bill. But I have already done that. To wit: I saved all the
> > > files to another drive on my desktop unit. Then I deleted the two
> > > partitions (2 & 4.4). Then I repartitioned it into one large
> > > partition. Then I moved all the files back onto the new partition.
> > > The dates on the files indicate that it is the original version of
> > > win98. My win98 also has the same dates, however I don't have it
> > > installed on any computer, so I saved the user & system data files to
> > > another disk. Then I move the user & system files from my win98se
> > > drive.(A gamble at best) When I boot up in the TP600, it found
> > > dozens of new hardware and after many reboots, it finally got to the
> > > point of loading Explorer. It hangs at that point. That is about
> > > the last file to load before it is fully loaded. Then it should look
> > > for my startup files.
> > >
> > > So next I tried to load my cdrom win98 and it always starts outwith
> > > a scandisk. It then tells me that the LBA (logical block addressing)
> > > is disabled at the end of the disk. I don't know how to enable it but
> > > it allowed me to bypass it. During scandisk, it found 500+ bad
> > > clusters at the 99% point. Right now I'm ready to send it back
> > > unless someone can tell me how to "enable" the LBA and then if I'm
> > > able to successfully reformat it.By the way, I did try the
> > > productkey from my win98 cd and it was rejected.
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