On Thursday 18 December 2008 10:31, Arun Khan wrote: > On Thursday 18 Dec 2008, Mehul Ved wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Rohit V Bhute > > <rvbh...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > I am off to get a new drive... > > > > Though it looks like a drive failure, it wouldn't hurt to remove > > and > > When a drive makes noise which the OP noticed and reported, drive > *failure* is imminent. Backup your data, wipe the disk clean and > move on - don't waste time. > > I am speaking from experience and have a stack of disks in my > office. I don't know how to get rid of them - environmental > concerns.
Dont throw them away. They have very good motors and control circuits. Very high precision servo positioning systems. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
