A large capacity Big Blue, eh? Well, when you get a chance, run the diagnostic software they offer and hope for a resolution. At one time I read they(IBM HDDs) were failing left & right. Maybe yours is still under warranty. I remember that not so long ago I was happy to pay an extra 25 dollars just so I could get a double the capacity disk than I would have if I had only spent $120.00 dollars, so I went for it. I was tickled pink to get my spanking new WD 2.1 GB for $145.00 bucks - you can get a brand new PC for that now-a-days. Well, almost, if you don't go for XP and use your own monitor. Agreed, it *is* a great group, in my humble opinion. Best yet are its owner/moderator combo.(I'm not brown-nosing here). I lost your addy, btw. I have other "leads" that you can try should this one turn out to be all for naught. BTW, don't forget that I *still* hate XP. But that's me. GO, MARLINS!! Herman On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 10:31:39 -0700, "Richard Matthew" wrote: > > Here is (I think) the information we need?? > > > Richard, are you familiar with your system enough to > > ascertain the manufacturer of your HDD? > > > EIDE Device Physical Info: > Manufacturer > IBM > Hard Disk Family > Deskstar 60GXP > Family Code Name > Ericson > Form Factor > 3.5" > Formatted Capacity > 20570 million bytes > Disks > 1 > Recording Surfaces > 2 > Physical Dimensions > 146.0 x 101.6 x 25.4 > mm > Max. Weight > 560 g > Average Rotational Latency > 4.17 ms > Rotational Speed > 7200 RPM > Max. Internal Data Rate > 494 Mbit/s > Average Seek > 8.5 ms > Track-To-Track Seek > 1.2 ms > Full Seek > 15 ms > Interface > Ultra-ATA/100 > Buffer-to-Host Data Rate > 100 MB/s > Buffer Size > 2 MB > > EIDE Device Manufacturer: > Company Name > International > Business Machines Corporation > Product Information > http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/index.htm > > > > Obtain the HDD's troubleshooting software that fits > > your box and let's try to eliminate your problem as to > > be emanating from bad hdwe., it may well be that your > > HDD is going on the blink. That's only a probability > in > > my mind's eye. Let's verify I'm wrong on this one. > > > > You want to give that a try? > > Anything, anything! I won't be by my machine until > later this (Sunday) > evening. BTW, Uninstalling ZA had no effect. > > Best regards, and THANX. I'll get back to you. This is > a great group, eh? > > Richard Snip ________________________________________________ PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. http://www.peoplepc.com VIEW ARCHIVES @ //www.freelists.org UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk Contact List Owner - dbcfour@xxxxxxx