Gah!

[yakkob 0]

Just turned on my pc at dinner...and I am getting that horrible crunching sound.

 

Booted up with w98 floppy and did a scandisk /all /surface

 

And, its failing on my G: Partition

 

Can't even format the bladdy thing!

Is there anyway I can force format this drive? Do you know of such a util?

 

As a backup I ahve just ordered a MAxtor ata100 40gb (5400rpm)

 

The old one is an IBM Deskstar 75GXP, and I am pi$$ed!

[Brian Frank 0]

Ah, yes the infamous 75GXP.

 

I hope that doesn't happen to my 60GXP's tho

[Palos 0]

I have a 60GXP and it's doing good so far...however I have a horrible noise in the case, my whole case is rattling i need to put some padding or something into it.

 

How can I reduce case noise otherwise?

[clutch 1]

Use sound-deadening material like "Dynamat". Here's a pic of my server with that material applied at the bottom (it's actually on the top, bottom, and side panels of the case):

 

 

Click on the pic for a larger image.

 

You can get it at autosound shops, or in my case Best Buy.

[Xiven 0]

First you can get the Drive Fitness Test from the IBM website and test your drive. If it can solve the problem by low-level formatting then it'll let you know and give you the option to do this. Otherwise if the damage is irreparable it'll give you an RMA number so you can return it to IBM (who should then replace it with a 60GXP drive of equal size to the original).

[yakkob 0]

Low level format seemed to do the trick, this is the second time I have had bad sectors on this piece of **** drive.

 

I lost all my data too

 

My websites and pics of my dawg (He has cancer so its wound me up a bit!).

 

Managed to cancel the other hd too.

 

Once again, thanks for the info

 

Heres a pic of my dawg (Scroll down to mans best friend)

 

 

Hes looking pi$$ed at me there..Rottweiler Doberman cross (More Doby than rotty)

 

Superb dawg. I rescued him 2 years ago, and now I think hes about 9 yrs old.

 

gr8 aint he

[CrazyKillerMan 0]

Quote:

I lost all my data too

It could have been worse.

One of my hd's in my raid array went south and lost everything on both 30 - gig drives. OUCH!

[yakkob 0]

Well...

 

My best m8 passed away yesterday. We had to put him to sleep.

He didn't look ill, his coat was still shiny, and looked gr8, but the cancer had took hold, and yesterday morning, he couldn't get off our bed. We even had to feed him on there. We finally got him to follow us downstairs. I went to work, and then my lady phoned me at dinner to say he was looking distressed, I got home to find him just lying there, not bothered about anything. We then called a vet out (Good friend of mine I used to work for (I wanted to be a vet years ago)).

 

Anyways, we buried him back at my mum's place, and we are deeply upset. After xmas we are gonna rescue another doby, and give another a gr8 home.

 

My m8 (again)

[Xiven 0]

Very sorry to hear that. We lost our dog a couple of years back (her back legs just gave out). We went out and got a new one a few weeks later though.

[pimpin_228 0]

Damn sure gald i stuck to maxtor intsead of getting an ibm it's not that they are junk it's just that i the 75gxp's are junk

[pimpin_228 0]

WTF you said it's a dog and then it shows a pic of a dude WTF

[yakkob 0]

the site has gone down

[yakkob 0]

Here's a couple of photos of Scot.

 

And heres a couple of photos of Molly (my lady called her this). We3 should be picking her up next week (1st week of Jan). She had been found roaming the streets.

 

CAn't wait

[pbuckne 0]

Sorry about your dog, my friend. I have always been a labrador fan. Had three black ones thus far, grew up with the first two. Hated to see 'em go. Last one can't hold a candle to either of the first, but she is a good pet.