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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: HD error? Disk not reading properly...RE: HD error? Disk not reading properly...
From: Svante Tidholm <svante_at_demonbox.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:29:03 +0200 Thanks for sharing your experience, it sure sounds like a physical damage to me when I listen to my HD. Unfortunately, its my upgraded 40 GB disk, two years old. Well, worst case, I guess I have to leave some MP3's behind and put my old 20 GB back in. /S >Yes I recognise it. It could be two things: if you are lucky it is just a >power issue, make sure you have fully charged good condition batteries >otherwise you could get this problem. > >If you are unlucky, the other reason for it is that the disk is physiaclly >damaged, I had this problem on a disk which accidentally got leaned on when >it was spinning (right where the label on the disk says not to apply any >pressure). It must have damaged the disk surface. The disk still worked, >but whenever it encountered the damaged part (about once every 2 seconds) it >would 'clunk' the heads back and try again. It took about 10 minutes to >load windows. Scandisk (which I left running overnight) found no errors on >it! Luckily for me, it happened when I was upgrading to a new disk in my >laptop anyway. > >Stu. >_______________________________________________ >http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox -- /Svante _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-10-25 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |