[techtalk] Re: Disk errors in Event Viewer IBM Drives
- From: "Bashy" <bashy.maillists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 23:07:03 +0100
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From: "Andrew Davidson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 7:24 PM
Subject: [techtalk] Re: Disk errors in Event Viewer IBM Drives
> At 18:17 26/05/2004, you wrote:
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> >1) is there away with PCs to mark bad sectors, as there was with my
Amiga?
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> Yes, but with an old IBM you're just putting off the inevitable, and
> risking your data. Bin fodder for that 75GXP I doubt.
The idea was just to keep things going until I get round to it with in the
next month or so, How would I do it?
> >2) Lurking around here just recently as I do I think Seagates have been
> >getting the thumbs up, any particular one? My IBM is 30Gb so 40 or above
> >would do.
>
> Seagate make fairly good drives. Failure rate is quite low. They're not
> the fastest drives available, and they don't make anything above 200Gb,
but
> otherwise they're fine.
You don't sound so enthusiastic as I thought you would, what make would you
suggest? I prefer speed to silence.
> Andrew
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