file removal problem

[R Kimber]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:07:52 -0400
"Brian McKee" <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Keep in mind it's possible it's not the drive itself but a bad cable
> or drive controller or similar.   I would put the drive in another pc
> if possible and
> run a drive testing utility on it and see what it says.   I keep a
> copy of "The Ultimate Boot CD" around for cases like this, it has
> several good utilities for this.   The drive manufacturer usually has
> something you can download from their site that will do a decent job
> too. If the drive comes up ok, repeat the test with the drive back in
> the PC and see what you get...

Thanks, but do you not place any reliance on what smartmontools reports?

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
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