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Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: spm_aus on November 12, 2006, 08:02:58 PM

Title: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: spm_aus on November 12, 2006, 08:02:58 PM

H i All,
         I have a Viva 280 GB HD that has a boot failure come us. I wont show up as a drive anymore. Any Ideas?

spm_aus

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: GX1_Man on November 12, 2006, 08:28:10 PM

Sounds like a bad hard drive. You can download and run SeaTools, free at www.seagate.com to check the staus of the hardware.

What happened prior to this? History is important.

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: spm_aus on November 12, 2006, 08:37:42 PM

As you know its plug n play. One day it decided to not plug and play. It did it after i did a defrag

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: spm_aus on November 12, 2006, 09:02:28 PM

It is a Samsung HD300LD....

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: GX1_Man on November 13, 2006, 04:20:33 AM

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Sounds like a bad hard drive. You can download and run SeaTools, free at www.seagate.com to check the staus of the hardware.

What happened prior to this? History is important.

You never did answer this. Also, is this an internal or external drive?

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: spm_aus on November 13, 2006, 09:40:03 PM

No previous problems. USB external drive

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: GX1_Man on November 14, 2006, 03:55:17 AM

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Sounds like a bad hard drive. You can download and run SeaTools, free at www.seagate.com to check the staus of the hardware.

What happened with this? How old is the  drive? Is it still under waranty?

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: patio on November 15, 2006, 01:06:59 PM

Welcome to the Dentist's Office...

Title: Re: Viva 280GB HD
Post by: GX1_Man on November 15, 2006, 03:04:31 PM

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