Re: My hard drive does a Lazarus.

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From: Richard RUDEK
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:00

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Ian Lowery <ianl@nospam.curie.dialix.com.au> wrote:

>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.

Good to know, and I was glad to help. 

But it seems I've opened a can of worms... ;)
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From: x@invalid.zeta.org.au (Richard RUDEK)
Subject: Re: My hard drive does a Lazarus.
Date: 2000/07/22
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