[ale] Strange drive (fdisk) output?

[Michael B. Trausch]

On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 21:14 -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:

> Given the low cylinder count that is missing and the total failure of
> the drive, I would surmise the boot sector has been destroyed.
> 
> It ma be possible to resurrect the bad drive if the maker supplies a
> special "driver" disk that has low level format tools.
> 
> If not, start looking for the receipt and the warranty.


Western Digital, at least in my experience, does not require a receipt
or proof of purchase.  All they require for a warranty replacement is
the serial number.  They look it up, determine whether or not it is
still eligible for warranty, and if it is, they'll replace it provided
that you follow their RMA instructions.

    -- Mike

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