Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 07:55:23 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard drive failure Message-ID: <371F385B.FDE8068A@uswest.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904211137400.27954-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Patrick Seal wrote: > >> I just purchased a nice Maxtor IDE drive and moved everything from my old >> SCSI (A Micropolis, which I was informed had a bug in the firmware that >> was giving me random system crashes). New drive would sorta make a sound >> like it was spinning down, then immediately spin back up, every day or so. >> Yesterday it happened about 10 times in an hour and hasn't happened since. > > This is bad. Disks resetting themselves indicates a firmware fault. Or a power-lead wiring fault causing breaks in 12V power. Grab a circuit tester and check your power leads. > > Today I was spring cleanning the insides my computer and booted back up, > > and now the drive seems totally blank. I booted with my Old SCSI and it > > shows no partitions with fdisk! What can I do to resurrect the data! > > If it's under warranty, Maxtor may be able to recover it for you, but > otherwise it's all gone. Ye best check the warranty wording. Many HD makers explicitly say they are not responsible for your data. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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