[TechAssist] Re: Computer hard drive failures??
- From: Bil Green <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: becyn <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:49:04 -0800
Well, it would be nice to find that the drives can be fixed up using
the correct utility. We sure don't want viruses that ruin HDs.
A few years ago I got what appeared to be the Chernobyl virus. A
friend tried to get my drive going and said the virus was accessing
the drive so quickly that it physically ruined it (as it supposedly
was designed to do).
Bil Green
PC 1000
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
760-924-1000
Monday, January 10, 2005, 5:50:59 PM, you wrote:
b> Bil,
b> these drives even resist a surface scan or "zero erase".
b> I've tried slaving them too, but there is nothing, In fact they will
b> hang up the IDE port as a slave(yes, I channged it's config). Remove it,
b> and the master will
b> be boot up fine.
b> Jim McVey
b> McVey Alltronix
b> 327 Broadway
b> Newburgh N.Y. 12550
b> "If it doesn't play...
b> CALL MCVEY !!!!!!"
b> Factory authorized
b> service for over 20
b> major brands.
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b> (Last of the Mohegans)
b> Bil Green wrote:
>>Have you tried placing any of these drives in another PC, as a slave?
>>You didn't give enough details for us to realize that the drives are
>>really broke.
>>
>>It's very common for the MBR to become corrupt. This will often cause
>>a message (from the BIOS) to come up, such as "Hard Disk Failure" (even
>>though the drive is physically OK).
>>
>>Even Partition Magic will often not load up if there are errors on the
>>drive, making it look like it may be a hardware issue.
>>
>>Bil Green
>>PC 1000
>>Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
>>760-924-1000
>>
>>Monday, January 10, 2005, 4:56:25 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>b> Hello all,
>>
>>b> We have been seeing a rash of a particular failure mode on customer HD's.
>>b> The Bios recognizes the drive, but it will perform no r/w action as if
>>b> it's not
>>b> even there.
>>
>>b> The type of customer who has this problem is generally barely computer
>>b> literate.
>>b> When I ask about firewall or anti-virus, they will giveme a blank
>>b> perplexed look and
>>b> then say something like "waddaya mean"?
>>
>>b> A buddy of mine seems to think that there are some viruses out there
>>b> that actually
>>b> flash the eeprom on the HD, rendering it useless. Many of these drives
>>b> are rather new and
>>b> no amount of coaxing with disk utilities will retrieve them.
>>
>>b> I was wondering if any of you out there doing computer work hasa seen
>>b> alot of this
>>b> "inert" type failure too?
>>
>>b> Jim McVey
>>b> McVey Alltronix
>>b> 327 Broadway
>>b> Newburgh N.Y. 12550
>>
>>b> "If it doesn't play...
>>b> CALL MCVEY !!!!!!"
>>b> Factory authorized
>>b> service for over 20
>>b> major brands.
>>b> 845 561 8383
>>b> (Last of the Mohegans)
>>
>>
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