[ale] fujitsu hd and bad sectors

[David S. Jackson]

Hi,

I have a Fujitsu 20 Gig HD that FreeBSD's fsck couldn't fix
"clean", so I d/led the diagnostic utility from
fujitsu.com/support and did a "comprehensive test" from a DOS
boot disk.

The result was "The drive did not pass the comprehensive test.
An error was detected on the HDD, Error Code: B101G4.  Please
contact Fujitsu Customer Service for repair"

My question is, From your experience, what can/will Fujitsu or
(insert your favorite HD manufacturer) do?  Will they send you a
new drive?  Will they recover all your lost data?  Will they send
a really sincere letter that says, Shucks, we're sure sorry, but
better luck on your next purchase!  Is it even worth contacting
"Fujitsu Customer Service"?

TIA

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David S. Jackson                        dsj at dsj.net
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