[plug] lilo error message 0x40 and BIOS data check successful

[Craig Foster]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf Of Arie Hol
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2006 9:46 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] lilo error message 0x40 and BIOS data 
> check successful
> 
> 
> 
> On 25 Jan 2006 at 20:29, Clare Johnstone wrote:
> 
<HDD problems snipped>
> 
> Hello Clare,
> 
> Have a look at :
> 
> http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
> 
> There are several utilities available for download from this page.
> 
> Just a thought :
> 
> Could it be possible that the drive in question is an IBM model ? 
> (check the serial number - seeing as Hitachi took over the IBM HDD 
> division some years ago.) 
> 
> If this is so - it might be wise to also have look at the HDD 
> utilities 
> available from IBM - that is, if they are still available.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Regards Arie

Google for Hiren's Boot CD (I think it's up to 7.6 by now)

It's a boot cd with a lot of custom and grey software... But most
importantly it has the diagnostic disks of pretty much all HDD
manufacturers...

Regards,

CraigF.