Subj : Re: test To : Russell Tiedt From : Chip Hearn Date : Thu Apr 29 2004 09:49 pm -=> Russell Tiedt Scribbled to Chip Hearn <=- CH> Well, lets put something to the test here. You say that the 2 545mb CH> HD's had a problem. I say, 545 meg HD's are older than dirt, and its CH> no wonder they dont' work. They probably actually died 5+ years ago. CH> As for the 2.2 gig drives. I have tossed a bunch of those into the CH> trash. I personally don't even think theres a use for anything under 4 CH> gig's. And those HD's are getting to a point. See, understand, Hard CH> Drives do not last indefinetly. A constantly used drive might last 5 CH> years, but all that moving, all those seeks, reads, spinning, wears CH> drives out. I've done some crazy things to Hard Drives over the years CH> to get a bit more out of them. Drives that the heads have crashed on, CH> I've taken the controller card off and put on a drive that the CH> controller card has died... I've low level formatted drives to try to CH> fix some drives... it was all worthless... considering the prices CH> today of a 20 gig drive. The amount of labor and time spent to fix an CH> old 1 or 2 gig drive... seriously not worth it. RT> I understand what you are getting at, but what I fail to understand, is RT> why they function adequately in one system, but not in another. I don't RT> bother doing crazy things with HDD's, I just junk them, but if they RT> function adequately in one system, but not in another, I want to try RT> and figure out/ understand why. To shed some light why system "A" can read them, and system "B" cannot, I would require some system information. I know that older systems, such as some P133's couldn't read a 20 or 40 Gig hard drive and you'd have to use some software for it. And I'm guessing the same goes the other way. I can not give you any difinitive answer here, because as I got bigger, newer systems, I also got bigger faster, newer hard drives. The oldest computer I have now is a PIII 500, and it has a 20 and 40 gig HD in it. I have hundreds of cliens and all have continually progressed, so, I can say that none of them have ever used an old HD in their newer systems. I believe I have an old 850 meg HD in my drawer... I guess I could take that and try to get it to read in the PIII 500 Test system. :) I'm thinking its going to work... Maybe I'll use that drive as the "Swap". :) But it is something to try. :) <--> CH> And as this thing weights in at a hefty 40+ us lbs... Very cost CH> prohibitive. But, if you ever decide to make a drive to southern CH> Georgia, your welcome to pick her up. :) RT> Well my Boss, got a quote for shipping a pre-amp that I figure weights RT> in at a little under half that, for a total sum of $300-00 US. :-((( Ouch. ;) CH> When I say this, most people going down to Disney in Orlando Florida CH> drive down I75 which is right through my town. :) Make a little side CH> trip. :) RT> Yeah! no problem except there isn't an intercontinental highway yet, RT> and I am not mad about flying. :-) RT> Russell RT> PS. just spoke to my mate, he says it is a combination of memory, and RT> the HDD, he apparently put other memory in the system, and it installed RT> WIN98SE without a hitch, not that in testing the memory in that box RT> shows it to be faulty. RT> RT> Seems I have a "fussy/tempramental" system. :-(( Well, thats interesting to know... So, now I don't have to test it. :) Ah well, I am going to put something on that system. Don't know what yet... I was going to check out this BeOs 5 that I downloaded, but after reading the information about it, it states that I have to burn the ISO using some different format that Windows based cd burning software can not handle. Since I don't have a Burner in a Linux box, and have never had the need... Hmmm... Hate to waste a download. ;) I guess its time to buy another CD burner... I'm not about to take my burner out of the system its in. :) .... Knocking on wood to preclude a visit by that mysterious being! --- MultiMail/Linux v0.43 --- SBBSecho 2.00-Win32 * Origin: Killed in Action BBS telnet://kia.zapto.org (1:3613/52) .