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Hdd Struggles, Fails
Thanks to Rob2806 and xhaya. Win 95 may be part of the problem, but I had an identical problem with a 10gb fujitsu. The problem only showed up about 2 months after I upgraded to the ms6430 mobo & 1.2 ghz Duron. I have reformated, including a pseudo-lowlevel format. It seems to me that the...- rale
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Hdd Struggles, Fails
My new Maxtor 6E040LO (41g) struggles - as if it is repeatedly trying and failing to read data. While it is struggling the hdd led flashes on and off and the system is frozen. Usually it eventually succeeds (5 to 30 seconds), but sometimes it does not & I have to do a physical restart. This...- rale
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
