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On Dienstag, 25. September 2007, maxim wexler wrote: |
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> > so it is still covered by warranty? Replace it! |
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> > |
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> > > Can I just let this slide? |
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> > |
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> > no, replace it. |
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> Tried to. Maxtor insists that you run a special boot |
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> disk which supposedly spits out a number code that |
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> tells them what the problem is. Every time I ran the |
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> program it said my drive was fine. No code, no |
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> replacement. The problem I was having then was the |
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> drive could not be booted from the very beginning. You |
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> could dual boot from another drive or another |
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> partition OK by tweaking grub. |
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> But this particular problem is something new. |
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> Maxtor was very unhelpful and linux-illiterate. I |
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> won't be buying another drive from them if I can avoid |
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> it. |
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when I asked my local hardware 'dealer' which drives have the highest return |
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rate he instantly said 'maxtor' .... |
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