[ILUG] [OT] reason for replacing a HDD....

[Comerford, Wayne]

> When I was doing tech support for Gateway2000 years ago, we were told not
>to replace a drive until more than 5% of sectors were bad. A reformat is
>probably a good plan.

Yeah, I remember those days alright good awl Gateway. 
That was one of my main reasons for leaving there, couldn't 
handle telling people their hardware was still ok when I knew 
it was only going to cause more problems for them in the future.

Bad sectors is a very good reason for demanding a replacement, 
Even if it's just one bad sector I would persist until I got it 
replaced as I did last year. with a Maxtor HDD.
Anyways, the manufacturers warranty would still be valid especial when 
it's only been two months.

That's one of the good thing's about being an ex-tech support chap.
We don't take any crap from anybody.

Wayne C.















Kate-----Original Message-----
From: John P. Looney [mailto:jplooney-ilug at online.ie]
Sent: 16 February 2000 14:59
To: Irish Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [ILUG] [OT] reason for replacing a HDD....


On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 02:54:47PM +0000, Dave Airlie mentioned:
> In my mind one bad sector is symptomatic of something worse maybe going
> wrong on the drive, and is a reason to replace it, so does anyone know
> whether a) a reformat is all I need or b) should I spend the time giving
> out a load of crap until they replace it ....




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