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Article #202Re: Is this HD on its way out...?
From: philo
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:06
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:06
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"Kenneth" <usenet@soleSPAMLESSassociates.com> wrote in message news:rt4em3p11ctg8bq1urcutsv298fh4qgthi@4ax.com... > > Howdy, > > About three weeks ago, when I tried to open a file on a 250 > gig WD drive, I got the error "The file or directory is > corrupted and unreadable." > > Based on what I read about that error, I decided that my > best bet was to re-format the drive. > > After the format, I put it back into service, and all was > fine until today. > > Today, I got the error again. > > This time, I ran the Western Digital Diagnostics and chose > the most rigorous test method. > > The disk passed... > > Is it likely that this disk is on its way out, or could > there be another explanation for these errors? > There is a possibility at least that the drive could be bac anyway. It happened to me once. drive passed the mfg's diagnostic but just plain was bad. The problem never occured again when the drive was replaced.
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