Subj : FDISK.
To   : JEAN PARROT
From : Charles Scaglione
Date : Thu Sep 15 2005 12:53 pm

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:06:00 -0400, "JEAN PARROT -> CHARLES SCAGLIONE"
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Hi Jean:

 JP>         Funny behaviour of a HD. I have this 30 g HD that was extracted
 JP>   from the Thinkpad and that now is in an external USB case. I tried to
 JP>   get it connected yesterday and it would go chunk-chunk-chunk but not
 JP>   be seen. I placed it back into the TP but it was not seen either and
 JP>   I could not Restore to it.

Sounds like a hardware problem with the drive.  Only wash machines are
supposed to go "chunk-chunk-chunk". <g>

 JP>         Called IBM, they were willing to send me a new HD as it is an
 JP>   FRU but wanted me to run tests before. I was given a URL of
 JP>   www.HGST.com and to D/L from support the CD Image. It came down as
 JP>   an .iso file and I copied it as an image to a CD then ran the tests.
 JP>   The HD is good. Oh ! then I thought. I booted to DOS and ran the
 JP>   FDISK routine on it plus a format. Now it is seen.

I would RMA the drive anyway as it may possibly act up again in the
future.  As long as IBM is willing to swap it for a new one, that's
probably what you should do.

 JP>         Now that you read the story, here is the question...what could
 JP>   have happend to this HD to loose it MBR and its format ? It was not
 JP>   dropped nor banged about. This is my first instance of this
 JP>   happening, have you lived this ?

I've had that happen with several drives.  When the MBR turns up
missing in action for no apparent reason, it usually means the drive
is trying to head to Florida before Winter approaches.  Like I said
above, if you have the opportunity to get a new one from IBM, go for
it.

Regards.

chscag at gmail dot com

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