[plug] Hdd probs - IBM deskstar experiences?

[Paul Stone]

hey on the subject of hard drives, did anyone ever use those awful IBM
deskstar hard drives, I had one crash on me at work and i heard about heaps
of others having the same problem!...

Paull


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Pitman" <rjp at belle.apana.org.au>
To: "PLUG" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Hdd probs


> Michael Collard wrote:
> > Hiya Pluggers, I write this email on my barely working system. My 80Gb
> > HDD (seagate) seems to not like reading/writing properly any more, I
> > suspect it has bad sectors somehow. Thought I'd take this time while my
> > complete system backs up, while it is still possible, to ask if anyone
> > else has had problems with these 80Gb Seagate drivers?
> >
> > Kind Regards
> > Michael Collard
>
> If they have "Made in Idonesia" on the label Yes. Check what warranty they
> were sold under, you may be able to claim replacement. The ones that died
on
> me were replaced with Singaporean make and seem ok still.
>
> Good Luck.
> -- 
> Cheers
> Russ.
>
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