Hard drive - dead or dying?

2007-07-12 Thread David Sumbler
ice I bought a new one, but kept the old one for backups etc. Until now, it seems to have behaved pretty well. Can someone tell me this: has the drive now as-good-as died, or is there any hope of resurrection? David -- David Sumbler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: se

Re: Hard drive - dead or dying?

2007-07-12 Thread David Sumbler
On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 09:35 -0400, Mark Lord wrote: > David Sumbler wrote: > > My computer (Ubuntu Feisty) would not boot correctly a few days > > ago: it seemed to get into a loop with the following printed about > > every 7 seconds (all laboriously copied in longhand, since