From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2001 - 17:03:56 EDT
Common problem, have junked a few machines because of it
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Jarrett" <barry_at_rileys-coffee.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 2:32 PM
Subject: 755ce HD not recognized
>
> Greetings all!
>
> I just found this list last night while researching my HD problems; wish
> I'd found it a couple of years ago!
>
> I have a 755ce with Win98se and an Apricorn 4 gig HD. Thursday night all
> was working fine. Shutdown was normal. Friday morning when I went to
boot
> it up, Win98 launched into ScanDisk on its own and would not exit the
scan.
> Probably quite foolishly, I turned off the computer since I didn't have
> time to let ScanDisk do its
> thing.
>
> Friday evening when I tried to boot up the computer wouldn't recognize the
> HD. I did an F1 boot to get Easy Setup, and HDD-1 was not recognized.
> Using a DOS disk to boot, the HD was not recognized. Using an IBM
> diagnostic disk, the drive was recognized, but returned an error on the
> test. After running the diagnostic, I went back to Easy Setup and the
> drive was recognized!! So I tried booting from the HD and Win98 started
to
> come up, but then went into ScanDisk again. More than 24 hours later,
> after only doing about 21% of the drive and finding something like 48 bad
> clusters, ScanDisk bailed out with some sort of error message and left me
> with a blank screen and a blinking cursor.
>
> Now, nothing I do will get the computer to recognize the drive, and I'm
> getting Error 174 messages.
>
>
> Anybody have any ideas? Did I get hit with a virus? Is my HD toast?
I've
> already ordered a new HD since I need this computer for some special
tasks,
> but I'd like to know if I can resurrect the drive (hate to throw away a
> good drive if it's just something stupid).
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Barry
>
>
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