Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!claris!ames!oliveb!sun!burgundy!jborza From: jborza%burgundy@Sun.COM (Jim_Borza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: hard disk going bad Summary: Move it or Lose it! Keywords: st251,disk rot Message-ID: <70061@sun.uucp> Date: 25 Sep 88 21:01:30 GMT References: <16941@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU> Sender: news@sun.uucp Distribution: comp Lines: 12 In article <16941@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU>, u2zj@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU writes: > > Will a low level format be likely to help a fixed disk that is going bad? > I have a Seagate st251 (40 Mb) disk that has recently begun to sour. > (20 bad clusters in the last 2 weeks). My warranty runs out Oct 20. > The company says they will "refurbish" it if I send it to them. Is > refurbishing in my case (since the disk is readable) just re-formatting? > If Seagate says they'll look at it, get it to them! Whether they refurb- ish it or whatever, they still owe you a working disk. Apparently they have all but certified you have a warranty claim - don't blow it. At the very least they'll run a surface check and clean it up! A bargain!