Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 11:44:28 -0400 From: media@ct1.nai.net To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Jimmy Thomson <glitch@execpc.com> Subject: Re: install from 4.1 CDROM failed Message-ID: <v03130302b5ff70b99d9f@[209.150.34.97]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10010021706270.17788-100000@earth.execpc.com> References: <v03130307b5fe66a991b8@[209.150.38.76]>
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At 5:20 PM -0500 10/02/00, Jimmy Thomson wrote: > >> Thanx!! I ran Scandisk before, but I did it again, and it still didn't >> find anything wrong. >> >> >Typically a harddrive warranty runs from the date of manufacture which >> >should be on the drive's paper label, 3 years for IDE and 5 years for >> >SCSI. Contact the manufacturer and he will give you a number and address >> >to return it for free warranty replacement. >> >> This drive was given to me, so I cannot return it to the manufacturer. >> Then again, I don't have any evidence that the disk is bad. Is there any >> other way to solve the problem?? Can I use the 3.4 installer to create >>>> the partition and then use the 4.1 installer?? > >What type of drive is it? Thank you for your response. It's a 3G Western Digital. >Many manufacturers have utilities to detect problems with their drives. >There may not be anything wrong with the actual drive platter, it could be >>something odd like the drive has bad cache in it. > >Just because the drive was given to you doesn't mean you can't RMA it. I >have found that most drive manufacturers don't even ask for proof of >purchase. Before I even consider sending the drive back to the manufacturer, and losing my Windows system in the meantime, I want to have some evidence that the drive is at fault. So far, the disk worked with DOS and FreeBSD 3.4, and Scandisk cannot find any problems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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