Huge problem with Samsung HM250JI

[yellowchilli]

hi all

need a bit of help here..

my new hm250ji has been clicking away every 30mins ish. ok so that MAY
well be down to power management...however..
on intensive hdd activity, xp will put it into PIO mode which slows
everything down until i uninstall the disk controller driver and let
it reinstall itself..

so i ended up doing a complete new install of xp

problem came when the 2 partitions decided to swap drive letters so
that xp wouldnt boot.
then, when i finally gave up on fixing that problem (to which ive
found no solution at all)

so, another new installation.
but this time, before i got too far, i found that my hdd is being
recognised as a 78gb.

Samsung's EStool didnt help as it couldnt complete a low level format.
couldnt reclaim native size etcetc..........

so, please. somebody....

thanks for you time.

 

[Odie]

yellowchilli wrote in news:edf490c9-629d-4e32-9321-714bedfffc98@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com

hi all

need a bit of help here..

my new hm250ji has been clicking away every 30mins ish. ok so that MAY
well be down to power management...however..
on intensive hdd activity, xp will put it into PIO mode which slows
everything down until i uninstall the disk controller driver and let
it reinstall itself..

so i ended up doing a complete new install of xp

problem came when the 2 partitions decided to swap drive letters so
that xp wouldnt boot.
then, when i finally gave up on fixing that problem (to which ive
found no solution at all)

so, another new installation.
but this time, before i got too far, i found that my hdd is being
recognised as a 78gb.

Samsung's EStool didnt help as it couldnt complete a low level format.
couldnt reclaim native size etcetc..........

so, please. somebody....

It's gone to harddrive heaven. You into necrophilia?

 

[yellowchilli]

its too young for that i only just bought it 2 weeks ago..

ok now its paedo-necro even lol

 

[Arno Wagner]

its too young for that i only just bought it 2 weeks ago..

That is called "infant mortaliry" by hardware experts.
Probability of death decreases during the first few months
of use.

Arno

 

[Squeeze]

Arno Wagner wrote in news:[email protected]

That is called "infant mortaliry" by hardware experts.

Where mere mortals would call it "infant mortality", but hey,
what do they know.

 

[yellowchilli]

well anyway thanks for the responses guys.
im going to have to take it back to the shop..

 

[John Turco]

yellowchilli wrote in


It's gone to harddrive heaven. You into necrophilia?

Hello, Folkert:

Shameless mimicking of one of Rod Speed's favorite lines!


Cordially,
John Turco <[email protected]>

 

[Rod Speed]

Hello, Folkert:

Shameless mimicking of one of Rod Speed's favorite lines!

The death squad has its orders.

Remains to be seen if those bludgers get their act into gear this time tho.