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New PC = teh shiny.
Old-but-not-that-old 300 gig Maxtor harddisk = teh half ded. Format (the proper, not that fast kind) dies dedness on second partition (first one is fine), chkdsk dies dedly in much the same way at much the same place, Maxtor's own utilities don't work, and it occasionally gets dropped after trying to access the FUBAR'd clusters. Got most all the important data off, and Maxtor is now sending out a warrantee replacement. I'm hoping its not something stupid like SATA controller incompatibility (it's an Intel controller, and Maxtor tech support dude had never heard of it, so, y'know...), but the fact el drive-o fails all tests (Dell's own, Windows, won't load Maxtor's) at much the same place makes me think it is nothing more than a por ded drive.
So, yeah, Maxtor's nicely sending out a replacement today, which should be here early next week (I assume), at which point I send them back the old drive in the packaging I get with the new one. If it's the SATA controller, well, I've got one PCI slot left, so....
Either way, Maxtor tech support? Good. And the other drives of theirs I've used have been quite lovely.
*sekritly hopes they'll send him SATA-II/300 gig/sec replacement drive*
Old-but-not-that-old 300 gig Maxtor harddisk = teh half ded. Format (the proper, not that fast kind) dies dedness on second partition (first one is fine), chkdsk dies dedly in much the same way at much the same place, Maxtor's own utilities don't work, and it occasionally gets dropped after trying to access the FUBAR'd clusters. Got most all the important data off, and Maxtor is now sending out a warrantee replacement. I'm hoping its not something stupid like SATA controller incompatibility (it's an Intel controller, and Maxtor tech support dude had never heard of it, so, y'know...), but the fact el drive-o fails all tests (Dell's own, Windows, won't load Maxtor's) at much the same place makes me think it is nothing more than a por ded drive.
So, yeah, Maxtor's nicely sending out a replacement today, which should be here early next week (I assume), at which point I send them back the old drive in the packaging I get with the new one. If it's the SATA controller, well, I've got one PCI slot left, so....
Either way, Maxtor tech support? Good. And the other drives of theirs I've used have been quite lovely.
*sekritly hopes they'll send him SATA-II/300 gig/sec replacement drive*