[WinMac] Better Fixit Program, or New Hard Drive?

From: Robert W. James Jr (rwjames[at]uncfsu.edu)
Date: Sat Dec 16 2000 - 12:05:28 PST

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    The hard drive on one of my 7200/120s (OS 8.0 [soon to be 8.1 if I
    can find the time], 80MB RAM) tried to croak on me this summer.
    I ran NDD 3.5 on it today (don't have the 4.0 CD with me at the
    moment) after reformatting, and it said there were bad blocks. It
    fixed them, supposedly, but when it went to check the directory
    structure, it told me there was a *serious* problem it couldn't fix. It
    recommends reformatting, but of course I've already done that.

    Is this a job for DiskWarrior or some other program (if so, I'll go out
    and buy it immediately), or is this something a higher version of
    Norton can fix? I can at least run home and get the 4.0 CD and try
    again for a more detailed description of the problem.

    OR...does it sound like it's time for a new hard drive? To those of
    you who've replaced hard drives in 7200s...what brands/models
    would you recommend? I'm not looking to spend as much as $150
    on this old machine, and I shouldn't have to, since the other drives
    are only 1.2GB and I'd like to maintain uniformity in drive size on
    the network as close as possible.

    Thanks for any assistance you can offer.

    Bob

    Robert James, Jr., Fine Arts Resource Center Coordinator
    Dept. of Performing & Fine Arts <http://spacer.uncfsu.edu/d_fah/>
    Fayetteville State University/Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298
    Phone: (910) 486-1439; Fax: (910) 486-1572

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