[ale] fujitsu hd and bad sectors

[Adrin]

I agree. With the current cost of HD.  Shipping and waiting just doesn't seem worth it.
Unless of course there is data that you want off it.  Isn't one of the HD manufacturers
coming out with a 300g drive early next year?

Adrin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim [mailto:jcphil at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 9:01 PM
> To: David S. Jackson; ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] fujitsu hd and bad sectors
>
>
> I had a similar experience with a Western Digital HD. They told me the drive
> could not be fixed and offered a new one at a discount price with an extended
> warranty. I passed.
>
> On Saturday 12 October 2002 08:53 pm, David S. Jackson wrote:
> > 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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