All,
I have not even begun to diagnose this one & want suggestions before I
begin.

Sys specs:
Win2k SP2
2 HDD master - slave via cable select
128 MB RAM
P IV 1.2 Ghz

The drive that failed is the slave. It was configured to be the 'C' & 'D'
partitions. It worked fine until last night. I know there was less than
100 megs of space on ea. partition but that shouldn't have mattered. When I
boot up and it runs through the POST I get HDD failure press F1 to continue
or F2 to run system setup.

Can anyone speculate why this drive has out of the blue failed?

I'm going to open the chassis and reset the cables and pwr supply but I
doubt that will fix it.

If anyone can recommend a quick 'how to' on this issue I would appreciate
it.

thanX

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In article <v53hmcst4pmsab@corp.supernews.com>, "Marco"
<majorremove4spammarco@hotmail.com> wrote:

> All,
> I have not even begun to diagnose this one & want suggestions before I
> begin.
>
> Sys specs:
> Win2k SP2
> 2 HDD master - slave via cable select
> 128 MB RAM
> P IV 1.2 Ghz
>
> The drive that failed is the slave. It was configured to be the 'C' & 'D'
> partitions. It worked fine until last night. I know there was less than
> 100 megs of space on ea. partition but that shouldn't have mattered. When I
> boot up and it runs through the POST I get HDD failure press F1 to continue
> or F2 to run system setup.
>
> Can anyone speculate why this drive has out of the blue failed?
>
> I'm going to open the chassis and reset the cables and pwr supply but I
> doubt that will fix it.
>
> If anyone can recommend a quick 'how to' on this issue I would appreciate
> it.
>
> thanX



Welcome to our world. Drives fail- plain and simple. Some drives (like
Quantum) fail more than others.

But, I am curious, you said above that your slave was set to C and D
drives. That does not make much sense.

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No hard drive manufacturer is better or worse than any other.
You do realize that Quantum no longer manufactures hard drives and hasn't
since April 2001, when Maxtor took that division over.

"Ghost" <user@user.com> wrote in message
news:user-1802030824050001@1.0.0.2...
> In article <v53hmcst4pmsab@corp.supernews.com>, "Marco"
> <majorremove4spammarco@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Welcome to our world. Drives fail- plain and simple. Some drives (like
> Quantum) fail more than others.
>
> But, I am curious, you said above that your slave was set to C and D
> drives. That does not make much sense.

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How old are the HDDs? I guess they are no longer under warrenty?
If the failed slave partition was configured to be the 'C' & 'D'
what drive letters were configured for the master?



"Marco" <majorremove4spammarco@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:v53hmcst4pmsab@corp.supernews.com...
> All,
> I have not even begun to diagnose this one & want suggestions before I
> begin.
>
> Sys specs:
> Win2k SP2
> 2 HDD master - slave via cable select
> 128 MB RAM
> P IV 1.2 Ghz
>
> The drive that failed is the slave. It was configured to be the 'C' & 'D'
> partitions. It worked fine until last night. I know there was less than
> 100 megs of space on ea. partition but that shouldn't have mattered. When
I
> boot up and it runs through the POST I get HDD failure press F1 to
continue
> or F2 to run system setup.
>
> Can anyone speculate why this drive has out of the blue failed?
>
> I'm going to open the chassis and reset the cables and pwr supply but I
> doubt that will fix it.
>
> If anyone can recommend a quick 'how to' on this issue I would appreciate
> it.
>
> thanX
>
>
>

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In article <v54ifaj4nfks9b@corp.supernews.com>, "ImhoTech"
<bobo@yodelers.net> wrote:

> No hard drive manufacturer is better or worse than any other.
> You do realize that Quantum no longer manufactures hard drives and hasn't
> since April 2001, when Maxtor took that division over.
>
> "Ghost" <user@user.com> wrote in message
> news:user-1802030824050001@1.0.0.2...
> > In article <v53hmcst4pmsab@corp.supernews.com>, "Marco"
> > <majorremove4spammarco@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Welcome to our world. Drives fail- plain and simple. Some drives (like
> > Quantum) fail more than others.
> >
> > But, I am curious, you said above that your slave was set to C and D
> > drives. That does not make much sense.



You do realize you are wrong, right??? To say all HDDs are the same is
telling alot about your experience level.

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