From: Dominique Pivard (domi_at_kenavo.fi)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 01:23:44 EDT
Thanks Serenella (and Rob),
Yes, the drive should be under warranty (less than 1 year old). It's
another story how I can get it replaced, since I bought it in the US (I'm
based in Finland), but I'll investigate.
Fortunately, HDD prices have come down a lot this year.
Cheers, Dominique
On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 at 05:17 AM you, Serenella Ciongoli
<czs00_at_calweb.com>, said:
>Hi Dominique,
>if the controller test failed, then I do not think you have much chances
>of bringing the disk back to life.
>It looks like the arm movement is OK, as the seek tests work, but as soon
>as the tests try to actually access data, they fail. It would suggest a
>problem with the controller itself, or, possibly, the read/write
>mechanism.
>If it is a controller failure, people more hardware expert than me might
>suggest you possible repair actions.
>On the other hand, a quick search at dejanews.com shows at least one more
>user that had the drive fail after 5 months. It your drive is still under
>warranty, it might be better to just have it replaced.
>Sorry I cannot be of more help.
>Serenella
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