From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue Mar 06 2001 - 00:59:39 EST
Ed..
you can buy onew of these from IBM for $30..
i charge $39.. no sales tax..
that HDD with the bad clusters appears to have had it..
have you tried DFT.. there is a link on my web site..
if you can't find one, let me know.. :-)
on another subject, there is an old russian saying.. "i can't afford the
cheap stuff" this refers to vodka, of course.. but it applies to life in
general..
we have both been in the same place.. try to save time and $$ and wind up
spending MUCH more of both..
feel free to call me if you need some personal help.. :-)
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Edwin A Camin" <camin_at_ed-camin.com>
To: <TomATrottier_at_home.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: 6.4 gig drive LBA error
> Thanks Tom. That never occured to me. I'll try it this PM.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom A. Trottier" <TomATrottier_at_home.com>
> To: "Edwin A Camin" <camin_at_ed-camin.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 2:47 PM
> Subject: Re: 6.4 gig drive LBA error
>
>
> > Dear Edwin,
> >
> > The setup program has a number of switches, including one to skip the
> > disk test. Check out the MS support site.
> >
> > Since the problem occurs at 99%, why not fdisk the drive 2% smaller &
> > try it?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > On 2 Mar 1999, at 1:15, sayeth Edwin A Camin <camin_at_ed-camin.com>
> >
> > Thanks Bill. But I have already done that. To wit: I saved all the
> > files to another drive on my desktop unit. Then I deleted the two
> > partitions (2 & 4.4). Then I repartitioned it into one large
> > partition. Then I moved all the files back onto the new partition.
> > The dates on the files indicate that it is the original version of
> > win98. My win98 also has the same dates, however I don't have it
> > installed on any computer, so I saved the user & system data files to
> > another disk. Then I move the user & system files from my win98se
> > drive.(A gamble at best) When I boot up in the TP600, it found
> > dozens of new hardware and after many reboots, it finally got to the
> > point of loading Explorer. It hangs at that point. That is about
> > the last file to load before it is fully loaded. Then it should look
> > for my startup files.
> >
> > So next I tried to load my cdrom win98 and it always starts outwith
> > a scandisk. It then tells me that the LBA (logical block addressing)
> > is disabled at the end of the disk. I don't know how to enable it but
> > it allowed me to bypass it. During scandisk, it found 500+ bad
> > clusters at the 99% point. Right now I'm ready to send it back
> > unless someone can tell me how to "enable" the LBA and then if I'm
> > able to successfully reformat it.By the way, I did try the
> > productkey from my win98 cd and it was rejected.
> > ...
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