Re: [Thinkpad] Defective Travelstar?

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From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Dec 20 2002 - 09:39:22 EST

Download and run the IBM Drive Fitness Test. It should boot up and detect
the drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Mendelson" <edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net>
To: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>; "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Defective Travelstar?

> Yes, the defective drive prevents me from even booting from a floppy.
> I've never seen anything like it...!
>
> Edward Mendelson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>
> To: "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Defective Travelstar?
>
>
> > If one works and the other doesn't, you have a pretty good indicator
> > that one of them is good and the other evil.
> >
> > You can verify the evality of the drive by getting the Drive Fitness
> Test
> > software from the IBM web site, run it and create the DFT floppy, and
> > then boot with it and the evil drive in the machine. If the evil disk
> > prevents you from even booting from a floppy, its impressivly evil.
>

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