[G4] WD200EB disk in Mac G4 MDD

[Wilkin, Wayne (Mass)]

The disk probably has some bad blocks, try running techtool 4 or
diskwarrior!

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> From: 	Steven
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> Sent: 	Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:33 PM
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> Subject: 	[G4] WD200EB disk in Mac G4 MDD
> 
> Hello,
> I installed a 20 gig Western Digital WD200EB drive 
> <http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=13> in a G4MDD in 
> the front bay.
> 
> I formatted the disk and the volume mounts. I can read/write. But soon I 
> found it is behaving erratically. Sometimes when writing a large chunk 
> of data to it it seemed get stuck, the files on the disk seemed to 
> disappear and sometimes the disk would disappear altogether. Restarting 
> would not get the disk to mount. Shutting down and starting up again 
> would bring the disk back with all the files on it. Now it is making 
> irregular clicking noises.
> 
> Now I'm wondering, is this a type of disk I can't use in this Mac or is 
> the drive having problems of itself? Or is something else going on? Any 
> advise appreciated.
> 
> greetings,
> 
> Steven
> 
> 
> -- 
> steven at sifre.nl
> 
> 
> 
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