"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Jim Wilkins wrote:
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? "Pete C." ? wrote in message
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? ? The grinder is running as of last night, and purrs like a 70 year
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? I'm checking out a used hard drive that runs like a watch---
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? TICK, TICK, TICK and occasional ALARMing noises.

Jim, you know better than to buy a 'Timex hard drive'!


"When they start tick'n, your wallet takes a lick'n!"


Quite often, the drive can no longer read the boot sector, and keeps
trying to recalibrate the head positioner.