[aclug-L] Re: UHOH!!!!

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

heh.... usenet is free.  misc.forsale.computers.storage

:-)


On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 01:48:16PM -0600, Jesse Kaufman wrote:
> hmmm...  good idea!  : ^ )
> 
> anyone want to buy a brand new Maxtor 6.8GB drive (as soon as i get it
> replaced)?  : ^ )  heehee...  yes, um, it's reliable...
> 
> oh crap, just remembered you have to have a credit card to sell on
> eBay...  maybe my parents will sell it...  : ^ )
> 
>           <<< Jesse Kaufman (kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >>>
> 
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> > Buy your new HD... then send the dead one in for replacement, and sell the
> > replacement on eBay.  :-)
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 01:40:10PM -0600, Jesse Kaufman wrote:
> > > tho't of that, BUT will they refund me, or send me another Maxtor?  i
> > > really don't want to get into the same situation i'm in w/ Gateway and the
> > > Quantum drive i've replaced 5 times now...  i'd rather have to trash this
> > > one & fork out the cash for a GOOD one than have to replace my drive every
> > > other year... : ^ )
> > > 
> > >           <<< Jesse Kaufman (kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >>>
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Thomas Bloom wrote:
> > > 
> > > > what type of drive do you have, and how old is it? You might be able to
> > > > send it back.
> > > > 
> > > > At 01:16 AM 3/1/00 -0600, you wrote:
> > > > >well, i ran fsck on the drive, and still come up w/ those errors... the
> > > > >badblocks prog comes up w/ a couple bad blocks...  i'm guessing you're
> > > > >probably right...  damn...  well, i'll look into Fujitsu and Seagate...
> > > > >found some decently priced ones by them on pricewatch already...
> > > > >
> > > > >yeah, the Quantum Fireball ST 3.5 (2.1gig) came w/ my computer, and i
> > > > >picked up the other two along the way...  only now have had trouble w/ 
> > > > >my
> > > > >Maxtor, and the other Quantum is yet to do anything bad...  atleast my
> > > > >home directory is on the good Quantum, and windoze is on the other...
> > > > >getting ready to burn a backup of anything on my bad hdd before i do
> > > > >anything else...
> > > > >
> > > > >is it possible when i get my new drive (whenever that may be) to copy
> > > > >everything on this drive to that, or would i be better off just 
> > > > >starting
> > > > >from scratch?  i've worked 2 years on getting this system just the way 
> > > > >i
> > > > >like it, and now the hdd crashes...  
> > > > >
> > > > >jesse
> > > > >
> > > > ><<<Linux lloydix 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 22 04:29:13 CST 2000 i586 unknown>>>
> > > > >
> > > > >Marge: Homer, you're his father.  You've got to reason with him.
> > > > >
> > > > >Homer: Oh, that never works.  He's a goner!
> > > > >
> > > > >                  Bart the Daredevil
> > > > >
> > > > >On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> In my experience, Quantum and Maxtor are (sorry to say this...) the 
> > > > >> worst
> > > > >> brands still in existance.  :-)  Connor was worse, but they're 
> > > > >> (thankfully)
> > > > >> out of business now.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> Of the two, I'd say Quantum is better than Maxtor usually.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> I really like Fujitsu for IDE hard drives, although I'm sure you can 
> > > > >> find
> > > > >> someone who will swear they suck, too.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> I also like Western Digital and Seagate for IDE drives.  I have less
> > > > >> experience with SCSI.  I think Quantum may actually make some decent 
> > > > >> SCSI
> > > > >> hard drives (I have a 2.2gb Quantum SCSI hard drive I got for 
> > > > >> free... have
> > > > >> no problems with it :-)
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> I got the 10.2gb Western Digital drive that I use in my workstation 
> > > > >> about
> > > > >> 6-8 months ago for $140.  Then about 3-4 months ago I got a 17.2gb 
> > > > >> Fujitsu
> > > > >> drive for another computer... spent $135 on that, I think. :-)
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> Before you buy a new drive, go ahead and run fsck on the drive... 
> > > > >> it's
> > > > >> possible it's just FS corruption.  But don't hold your breath is my 
> > > > >> advice.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 12:43:20AM -0600, gLaNDix wrote:
> > > > >> > what would you reccommend for a good brand of hard drive?  i've 
> > > > >> > got 2
> > > > >> > quantums and a maxtor in this system...  one of the quantums sux 
> > > > >> > (i'm on
> > > > >> > my 5th one of that model)...  i'd like to get something b/n 15 and 
> > > > >> > 20
> > > > >> > gig...  and something that's not too hard on the wallet...  EIDE 
> > > > >> > is fine
> > > > >> > w/ me
> > > > >> > 
> > > > >> > jesse
> > > > >> > 
> > > > >> > <<<Linux lloydix 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 22 04:29:13 CST 2000 i586 
> > > > >> > unknown>>>
> > > > >> > 
> > > > >> > Marge:     Homer, you're his father.  You've got to reason with 
> > > > >> > him.
> > > > >> > 
> > > > >> > Homer:     Oh, that never works.  He's a goner!
> > > > >> > 
> > > > >> >               Bart the Daredevil
> > > > >> > 
> > > > >> > 
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