Messages in this thread | | | From | (Mike Bristow) | Subject | Re: hda problems | Date | 5 Sep 1996 17:44:42 GMT |
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In article <199609041451.JAA00861@hueco.idir.net>, "Bryan C. Andregg" <bandregg@idir.net> writes: [`Your HDD is just about to die snipped] >Aaaauuuuuuggggghhhhhh!!!!!!! This is a laptop without a removable drive. To >top it off, it is only 9 month old. > >Now, I suppose what I need is a recommendation as to how I can prove to >Toshiba that this physical error xists without having to install Win or >some other garbage. > 1) Backup your data. 2) while true ; do ( dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/null & ) ; done (*) 3) wait till the thing really dies (might take a day or so) 4) Go to the dealer and say `My computers broken'
* or whatever the right bash syntax is.
Or to put it another way, accelerate the death of the HDD to the point that it's really dead, and even a squirming evil bugger (tm) can't deny it.
Mike
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