Re: My hard drive does a Lazarus.

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From: Ian Lowery
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00

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x@invalid.zeta.org.au (Richard RUDEK) wrote:

>I'd say, you probably ran into a side effect of using the "Auto" detect
>feature(s) of your BIOS. 

No, it was in LBA mode, I never let a machine make those decisions for
me.

>Download the Quantum Data Protection System utility (QDPSATA.EXE) from
>Quantum, and see what it has to say about the drive. Run it with the /L
>switch (the bloody license is ~ 5 pages long). eg QDPSATA /L

It discovered a fault, the quick test wouldn't run. Thanks for the
info about this program.

Cheers

Ian

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Subject: Re: My hard drive does a Lazarus.
Date: 2000/07/21
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