-=PCTechTalk=- Re: HD Companies
- From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:56:05 -0400
Is it me, or are manufacturers just making things cheaper and cheaper. Not only
hard drives, but I've had an old SCSI CD-Rom for about 5 years now, and never a
problem. But, a Philips CD-RW OEM drive I got with a Gateway system went bad
TWICE, in under a year and a half. Also, my Linksys router, when I bought it it
was made of a sturdy hard plastic. I picked one up for my sis-n-law about 6
months ago and, although its supposed to be the same, is made with the flimsy
and cheap plastic. Looks the same, but feels cheap.
---Troth
----- Original Message -----
From: SandiBeach
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:16 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: HD Companies
This is way beyond my level of expertise but I did have my hard drive go bad
within a year while it was still under warranty. The shop provided a new
one and was able to transfer everything over to it with no cost to me. They
were built by the shop from which I purchased so I have no brand to share
with you. I have run Belarc since getting my new one if there is anything
there that would be of interest to you.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 10:49 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- HD Companies
> Let's talk about hard drive manufacturers. Just today... the 4th time I've
had a hard drive go bad. My first and second drives were Maxtors, my 3rd was
an IBM (oem), and my 4th, today, was a Maxtor. Today's however, came up with
the most damage... a wopping 6GB bad sectors. Luckily, it was in an unused
area of the drive, so I lost no info, but it has taken up a considerable
amount of my time, cause Windows scan disk didn't want to work... just kept
freezing up at around 95%. Norton Disk Doctor was freezing up too, but after
reformatting the drive from scratch, Norton was able to secure the bad
sectors.
> So... question... what sort of luck has everyone been having with hard
drives? Any streaks on drives going bad? What brands?
>
> Next question... anyone know how I can go back and see specific data on my
drive? It seems that after you do either Scan Disk or Disk Doctor, it tells
you at the end report that you have so-and-so sectors bad, but after the
report is gone, there's no way to pull up the info to see how much is bad
and how much is good? Any way to do it in Windows? Or, maybe another program
I can buy?
>
> ---Troth
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