Author Topic: It's dead Jim... (Read 5757 times)

ZWarrior · « **on:** May 16, 2005, 11:04:41 AM »

I played at the GZA event this weekend, processed some great screenshots, got some great footage of the various funny things that happened in Cod.

I returned home and powered up the system, and it says that the 120GB Maxtor drive I have as D:, with all the aforementioned footage and screens on it, needs to be CheckDisked. Uh Oh.

It finishes at 0210 and I am doing my best to solve this quick so I can sleep. I have to teach SUnday school in 7.5 hours!

I reboot the system, the BIOS says the drive is there and has the correct information. Looking good so far.

Login to windows, and try a Windows Explorer session... It's listed under My Computer! Click on D: and get an error message: "This device has a corrupt file or directory and cannot be read from." Nothing more than that.

*sigh*

Run the PowerMax utility.

Basic tests are fine. Run the advanced tests... errors found, do you want to fix them. Yes, I do dag it!!!

ERROR!!! This drive has fatal errors that cannot be fixed. Please contact Maxtor for a RMA number to replace this drive.

Remove the drive, reset the BIOS, and the jumpers on the master drive ( My trusty Western Digital 80GB ) so that it knows that it is the only drive in the system again.

Go to Maxtor's site, and start the process.
Step 1: Pick the model
Step 2: Input the Serial Number.
Step3: Wait, there is no Step 3!! My drive is out of warranty!

So now I must reinstall my games, buy a new drive, and waste all my time. :x

So now I will go buy a new drive and guess what I am NOT buying. Maxtor. Never really liked them, to many failures. This just proves it.

What's your horror story?

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2005, 11:32:54 AM »

Three words:

Amd and ASUS.

ZWarrior · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2005, 12:05:51 PM »

And that means?

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2005, 02:53:16 PM »

I've already gone through one bad processor and motherboard hoping they would work.

ZWarrior · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2005, 03:38:51 PM »

Stories are better. *sigh*

Zeet · « **Reply #5 on:** May 16, 2005, 03:44:54 PM »

I can't say any bad about Maxtor, I've ran on their drives for at least the last 5 years with no failure due to a HDD. OS and virus/spyware from hell is the only reasons for past reloads!

Maxtor drives good, they just don't likey ZWarrior's! :lol

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #6 on:** May 16, 2005, 03:58:19 PM »

For me I'm using Western Digital and Seagate with no problems!

JollyRoger · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2005, 06:38:54 PM »

Western Digital for me baby. Never had a Problem With them, 'sept for the refurb stuff.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2005, 07:35:10 PM »

I thought about buying a Maxtor at one point in time, but then everybody had great deals on hard drives when I was building my computer!

ZWarrior · « **Reply #9 on:** May 17, 2005, 03:15:03 PM »

That is the only reason that I bought the stupid thing!

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #10 on:** May 17, 2005, 03:26:58 PM »

Also I did ask around about the Seagate hard drive before I bought it.

Morpheus · « **Reply #11 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:53:12 PM »

I've had several WD and Maxtor drives. Most of them have served me well. I have had 1 of each go bad. So I guess...go Seagate!!! LOL I have a couple of scsi seagates that have craked away for a very long time although I thought one was bad...I later found out the problem was 1 stick of memory. I had an IBM drive go bad too, but it was very very old. Also seen a hitachi drive go bad in a laptop. So none of them are a sure thing...that's why wise Jedi always backup...or run raid or both.

ZWarrior · « **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2005, 01:01:46 PM »

I was trying to backup, but don't have the storage space, yet. working on that.

I have to say, Seagate SCSI is the way to go. They knew how to make those babies, but IDE? Not a goot idea.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #13 on:** May 18, 2005, 06:53:28 PM »

Hey, I have IDE and have had no problem with it. But still, you could go out and now get a much larger hard drive since they are a lot cheaper!

ZWarrior · « **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2005, 08:31:27 AM »

If I am not mistaken, Seagate ( Who is no longer Seagate, but some other manufacturer under that label ) and IBM have the worst records for recall of IDE drives in the past 5 years.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #15 on:** May 19, 2005, 08:46:16 AM »

Well, thats news to me. But still, I have been very content with this hard drive.

ZWarrior · « **Reply #16 on:** May 19, 2005, 08:49:08 AM »

I have been working in this industry for way to long.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #17 on:** May 19, 2005, 08:53:13 AM »

:cry: Cry about it....

ZWarrior · « **Reply #18 on:** May 19, 2005, 09:42:57 AM »

Heh heh, you are just beginning to take this long journey into the dark side.

Language watch you must.

Padawan still you are.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #19 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:04:29 AM »

ZWarrior, I am your father....

No thats not it...

ZWarrior, I am your uncle....

Hmmm, still thats not it....

Starwars geek you are.

May the forks be with you.

ZWarrior · « **Reply #20 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:33:43 AM »

I have enough forks already, thank you.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #21 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:35:35 AM »

You can never have enough forks!

ZWarrior · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:37:35 AM »

No comment.

Mr_Anderson · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2005, 10:40:54 AM »

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