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IBM Deskstar problems
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simonjames
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May 6, 2002, 12:49 AM
 
Howdy,

my 15 month old Deskstar 40Gig has started getting bad blocks - lots of them. Anyone else experiencing this? I ran Nortons against it - took forever to diskdoctor the thing (like 8 hours) and I now feel as though the drive will turn its toes up any day now.

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Red Wolf
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May 6, 2002, 08:51 AM
 
You get a 3 year warranty from IBM on those drives. Check out IBM.com for the details on returning the drive. Sorry for the problem but I don't think it's something exclusive to IBM Deskstars.
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simonjames  (op)
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May 6, 2002, 07:46 PM
 
thanks - I assumed it was a one year warranty
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Eugene
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May 7, 2002, 09:12 PM
 
IBM's website will let you punch in your drive's serial number to determine if the warranty is still valid.
     
   
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