has anybody come across this ? I have (had) a Seagate 38410 8.4G hard disk that I was going to use on one of my machines.. I had had a couple of issues with it so thought that I would run a thorough scandisk on it (yes I know tis windows - please excuse this....) I reached cluster 1,510,000 or thereabouts and then this clunking noise emanates from the drive - now it is completely shagged, the bios will not recognise it and there is a screech on power up - basically windows has appeared to extract its revenge on yet another user......... be warned - scandisk is extremely hazardous to your drives health.. Pete -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Hi Pete et al! pete atkinson wrote:
has anybody come across this ?
I have (had) a Seagate 38410 8.4G hard disk that I was going to use on one of my machines.. I had had a couple of issues with it so thought that I would run a thorough scandisk on it (yes I know tis windows - please excuse this....) I reached cluster 1,510,000 or thereabouts and then this clunking noise emanates from the drive - now it is completely shagged,
Yeah, I have indeed come across this noise. A friend of mine had a new Seagate (6.5 G). The vendor refunded him. This may not necessary. The Seagate disk utilities may be able to restore your hard disk. A good idea is to download the hard disk utility for your hard disk make. Personally, I don't use Seagate HD's, but Seagate has excellent tools as well. To restore your hard disk to factory standard, you must choose to overwrite your entire hard disk or separate partitions with binary zeros. After such an operation your hard disk will work as new. I prefer Quantum hard disks because of their stability. pete atkinson wrote:
the bios will not recognise it and there is a screech on power up
As to your problem having your bios recognize your drive, try resetting the CMOS. pete atkinson wrote:
basically windows has appeared to extract its revenge on yet another user.........
I agree that there is no difference between worms planted by a pathetic virus distributor or an OS manufacturer ... SuSE Linux works absolutely fine, if you clean your hard disk the right way before partitioning and installing. Cheers, Niels -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
I prefer Quantum hard disks because of their stability.
I have always had Quantum HDs, but sometimes they were not too good. Two friends of mine and I had bought three Quantum Fireball AT, some times ago, and: 1) 1 HD engine stopped working within 3 months 2) 1 HD was burst just after plugged (it's been spectacular... even if there was too smoke!) 3) 1 HD brake some sectors in the first year of working. After a while I bought a Quantum EL, which failed after 2 months. They gave me another EL back, and.. it failed after 2 months. Guess what? They gave me another EL and it failed after 2 months! Then they gave me a CX and I have not had any problem... Tazio -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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From: "Niels Stenhøj"
Hi Pete et al!
pete atkinson wrote:
has anybody come across this ?
I have (had) a Seagate 38410 8.4G hard disk that I was going to use on one of my machines.. I had had a couple of issues with it so thought that I would run a thorough scandisk on it (yes I know tis windows - please excuse this....) I reached cluster 1,510,000 or thereabouts and then this clunking noise emanates from the drive - now it is completely shagged,
Yeah, I have indeed come across this noise. A friend of mine had a new Seagate (6.5 G). The vendor refunded him. This may not necessary. The Seagate disk utilities may be able to restore your hard disk.
A good idea is to download the hard disk utility for your hard disk make. Personally, I don't use Seagate HD's, but Seagate has excellent tools as well. To restore your hard disk to factory standard, you must choose to overwrite your entire hard disk or separate partitions with binary zeros. After such an operation your hard disk will work as new.
I prefer Quantum hard disks because of their stability.
Quite frankly, both Seagate and Western Digital Drives have worked very well for me. I had a Seagate that crashed recently. 245.something MB. The thing was ten years old, came out of a 486 33Mhz. on the other hand, I have a computer still using a 722Mb Seagate that runs win95 like a charm. (Not bad for an AMD 5x86 133 Mhz) (Just remember to feed windows 16 Mb of Ram and a good VL video card, and a VL primary EIDE. Trust me it makes a world of difference) My other computer uses a 13.0 GB WD. About two years old, hasn't given me a lick of trouble, and then my linux box has a 4.3 GB Seagate that hasn't given me a lick of trouble either, but it's only a few months old. Well, that's my two dollars worth -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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