On Sat, 2002-12-07 at 04:49, John Richard Smith wrote: > Yes , I guess you are right , I didn't notice the difference, still I > find it hard > to believe a 3 year old fujitsu drive is about to fold. I suppose it > could not > be something else.Possibly something to do with measurement. Have > you used different partition tools on the drive.Maybe it doesn't like > the way the partition table is written. > > John >
Low level format will take a long time, but might work out - or use PQMagic to blow it out... Partition tables DO get scrambled every now and again...(Especially on Fujshitsu's...) -- Sat Dec 7 05:35:00 EST 2002 5:35am up 21:48, 4 users, load average: 0.18, 0.08, 0.07 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. -------------------------------- | __ __ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | ;"""/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU -------------------------------- Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn The Hollywood tradition I like best is called "sucking up to the stars." -- Johnny Carson
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