Re: [600] Looking for a HDD / support for SMART

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From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 12:00:41 EDT

Try doing ERASE in DFT. It has saved a few drives for me
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From: "Jeddy Lin" <jeddylin_at_uclink.berkeley.edu>
To: "Thinkpad Forum" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 1:22 AM
Subject: [600] Looking for a HDD / support for SMART

> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a replacement hard drive for a 600E. If anyone has an
older
> hard drive in good condition (between 6 ~ 8 gb), <= 12.5mm that they're
> willing to let go of for a reasonable price, please email me privately.
>
> I'm also wondering if anyone knows what kind of test(s) the BIOS
diagnostics
> run (specifically on the hard drive)? I bought this 600E used, in person,
> and it seemed to operate okay but when I ran DFT on the drive the SMART
> status reads "Bad" and the drive refuses to format -- tons of bad sectors.
> I'm a little disappointed that the diagnostics didn't catch that *before*
I
> purchased the machine, but I guess that's really my fault. *puts head down
> in shame*
>
> TIA.
>
> Regards,
> Jeddy
>
>

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