Laptops :: Knackered HDD? :S



I installed Windows, that died after a few weeks. So I decided to install DSL as a frugal install.

That appeared to be running merrily. But a couple of days ago, the laptop starts playing up (IBM TP240). I think the HDD is the IBM 6.4GB original. Now it seems to boot off the drive, but then can't find the DSL image and throws me into a LILO prompt.

Does this mean my HDD is corrupt and that I should get a different one? ??? (As it failed under windows as well)?

P.S.: Would be fun to have a go (and probably more expensive) to have a compact flash disk and adapter in there  :;):
Since the hard drive is made by IBM, my guess is that it is failing on you.

Try getting a replacement from a different company like Seagate.
Very well ebay it is then!

I have bought IBM before and have had no problems thus far. (quickly touches the nearest wooden surface, damn, varnush in the way)

P.S.: Couldn't find any 2.5" compact flash/IDE converters on ebay.
If you don't mind wiping the disk, you could download tomsrtbt and run badblocks -svw (not quite sure about the options though). This will write bit patterns to the disk which then is read.
Typical after several HOURS, it reports no bad blocks ??? :laugh:

Will frugal install again and see what happens.
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