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HELP!!! DROPPED MY EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
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core2kid
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_ 		23. September 2007 @ 13:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sorry it took so long but I finally got to try the IBM 20GB drive in a laptop. As of now, It has successfully completed a full format to NTFS and is currently installing Windows XP on a Celeron 500 MHz with 64MB RAM. I am not hearing any clicking and I also didn't hear any abnormal noises. What could be wrong with this drive and my enclosure? Is there a utility that I could use to check this drive? (This laptop has a floppy I can boot off.)
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core2kid
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_ 		23. September 2007 @ 14:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The computer installed Windows XP successfully (took about an hour but could be because of the PC hardware) and it also passed a Windows XP disc check within XP. Anything else I could do to confirm that this drive is bad?
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core2kid
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_ 		23. September 2007 @ 18:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (bootable floppy) passes the hard drive. I tried it again in the enclosure and it worked fine and recognized the drive. Does anybody know what was wrong? The history of the drive is:
Working, Dropped, Clicking, Occasional Spinning with no recognization, Reformat in a laptop with XP Install, works perfectly now.
That is something I have never see before.
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sammorris
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_ 		23. September 2007 @ 18:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, perhaps the problem cured itself, but no sign to say it's not going to recur in the future, I'd say replace it all the same.
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