[ale] OT: HW failure

[Preston Boyington]

should it make a "clip clop" sound like in an old radio drama there is hope
of it making a good doorstop.  contact the vendor (Maxtor, Seagate, etc.)
and see if it is under warranty.  if you bought it at places like Office
Depot or such, see if they will exchange it.

if it is a Maxtor drive we will have something in common.

Maxtor exchanged _FOUR_ of mine over three years...

preston

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Rose
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:25 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] OT: HW failure
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 	I recently experienced the sting of hard drive failure. 
>  Luckily I noticed the drive making funny noises and was able 
> to back up all my essential data.  I have installed Slackware 
> 9.1 on an older hard drive.  I decided since RH was forcing 
> my hand, I'd try something a little different.  I'm loving 
> Slackware so far.  Very intuitive.  Anyway, the failed hd is 
> recognized by my BIOS but linux is unable to talk to it.  It 
> makes loud clicking noises.  Is there any hope for this 
> thing?  I'm not a hw guy.  I was just hoping to salvage it 
> because it is 60 GB.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff Rose
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