IBM 34GXP 20.5 Gb gets second bad sector in system.dat within 3 months....should I RMA it?

[Prodigy^]

just when I woke up and turned on my computer, it wouldn't start...ran scandisk, and sure enough - bad sector in system.dat. I got it fixed and am back running, but this is the second time it's happened.....should I RMA the drive or just accept the fact that magnetic drives are vunerable and often have problems?

thanks

 

[Czar]

Yeah RMA it, I have two very old 1gb and 1.2gb Quantum Fireballs and they have never had a bad sector, infact I´v never had a bad sector in my life

 

[Mem]

RMA the drive,I also have never had a bad sector with all my harddrives which have included,fujitsu,quantum,WD,IBM. Guess some of us have been lucky or treat our harddrives better then women(no offense girls).

 

[Modus]

Yes, RMA that thing. Bad sectors are like teeny boppers at a Backstreet Boys concert -- one or two quickly becomes a crowd.

Modus

 

[emjem]

I have the same drive. Posted one morning and couldn't read hdd, but bios saw it and I was able to format and go on using it. Called WDC and they said the drive was OK I must have had a virus -- not!

Fortunately I had the entire drive backed up on another hdd. No virus there.

Anyway, WDC wouldn't take it back so I returned it to the vendor and traded it for a new replacement. Guess WDC got it back anyway. New WD hdd now working problem free for about 3 months.

I wouldn't trust a hdd that has even one fault. Too much risk.

 

[Prodigy^]

k I'll RMA it......they trust people at the place I bought it, so it shouldn't be a problem.....but *SIGH* I hate reinstalling everything......geh.....

 

[Mark R]

A single bad sector is grounds for an RMA.