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mrreality13

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06-29-2007 at 05:13:24 AM

Hi all
I have a issue with a older quantum fireball 40 gig 5400 rpm HD
Ive been using it on a linux box and have used it to test LOTS of distros now i get this error?

"[ 199.220000] buffer I/O error on device FD0, Logical block 0"

no matter where i set the jumpers i get the same error ?? has my old faithful finally died?

thanx all

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06-29-2007 at 09:32:31 PM

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If theres nothing important on it, try a reformat if you havent already. May just be a bad sector which a format should detect and block it from being used.
If it wont format then yea I'd say its shot.

mrreality13

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06-30-2007 at 03:54:51 AM

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thanx i tried to run gparted on it and it didnt help.,,
oh well i got my 10 or so years of use from it....

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