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From: umwhat on 5 Mar 2010 03:07 Hi folks. I am sitting at my computer with the second hard drive of the same model number on my desk. The same computer is producing the same symptoms as the first hard drive during an XP Home install. The computer was working ok before with a smaller hard drive. I searched google and found many people reporting problems with this model hard drive and many other Western Digital hard drives. An XP install fails with a "can not finish formatting the hard drive" message. From what little I have seen about the problems is the stick arm thing gets stuck in the read position, something like that. The hard drive is going back to the trader with some evidence of a bad hard drive reputation, for a refund. -- ....scribble scribble scribble... "Tim Meddick" wrote: > I wouldn't have said that! - You understood right enough. > > Certainly - whenever even "thinking" about taking off the back cover of your PC it > should, most definitely, be UNPLUGGED! > > However, as you so rightly determined, what I meant was that if you leave the PC > plugged in when not in use, then the CMOS battery will be kept charged. > > Keeping the PC plugged in (when not in use) also has the added effect keeping the > CMOS data alive even when the battery is defective. > > Otherwise, unplugging (when the PC is off) will wipe out the CMOS data in a machine > with a defective [or no] battery, and you would have to reset the data in it each > time and the machine may not even work at all. > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "glee" <glee29(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message > news:OSb27y0dKHA.5372(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message > > news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> snip > >> On replacing the battery it sometimes helps if you keep the PC > >> plugged-in when it's switched off, as, this way, it keeps charging. > >> snip > > > > I'm not sure what you are meaning here, Tim. If you mean, AFTER you > > replace the CMOS battery it is a good idea to keep the computer plugged > > in when it's switched off, then yes that's true. > > > > However, what you wrote can be interpreted to mean you are suggesting > > that the computer be kept plugged in WHILE replacing the battery, which > > is a very bad idea. I just wanted to clarify that for anyone having a > > semantics problem. > > > > The "On" at the beginning of the sentence indicates that you mean the > > former, but you know those of us in the USA don't really speak or > > understand English. ;-) > > -- > > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > > A+ > > http://dts-l.net/ > > > > . >
From: umwhat on 5 Mar 2010 03:08 By the way, it was the cheapest 500GB hard drive available on the auction website, a new hard drive that is. -- ....scribble scribble scribble... "Tim Meddick" wrote: > I wouldn't have said that! - You understood right enough. > > Certainly - whenever even "thinking" about taking off the back cover of your PC it > should, most definitely, be UNPLUGGED! > > However, as you so rightly determined, what I meant was that if you leave the PC > plugged in when not in use, then the CMOS battery will be kept charged. > > Keeping the PC plugged in (when not in use) also has the added effect keeping the > CMOS data alive even when the battery is defective. > > Otherwise, unplugging (when the PC is off) will wipe out the CMOS data in a machine > with a defective [or no] battery, and you would have to reset the data in it each > time and the machine may not even work at all. > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "glee" <glee29(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message > news:OSb27y0dKHA.5372(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message > > news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> snip > >> On replacing the battery it sometimes helps if you keep the PC > >> plugged-in when it's switched off, as, this way, it keeps charging. > >> snip > > > > I'm not sure what you are meaning here, Tim. If you mean, AFTER you > > replace the CMOS battery it is a good idea to keep the computer plugged > > in when it's switched off, then yes that's true. > > > > However, what you wrote can be interpreted to mean you are suggesting > > that the computer be kept plugged in WHILE replacing the battery, which > > is a very bad idea. I just wanted to clarify that for anyone having a > > semantics problem. > > > > The "On" at the beginning of the sentence indicates that you mean the > > former, but you know those of us in the USA don't really speak or > > understand English. ;-) > > -- > > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > > A+ > > http://dts-l.net/ > > > > . >
From: umwhat on 5 Mar 2010 03:50 I received a replacement hard drive. I installed the hard drive into the computer the first hard drive was installed on and this drive has failed an XP install an error message reads, "format could not finish" , sorry I missed it exactly again. So I am asking for another replacement hard drive. These drives are sold with a 3 year warranty. These hard drives were selling and still are selling for the lowest price on the auction site. Google tells me Western Digital hard drives similar to and the same model as this model WD50000AADS get the arn thing stuck in the read position. Installs are ok with other hard drives. -- ....scribble scribble scribble... "Tim Meddick" wrote: > I wouldn't have said that! - You understood right enough. > > Certainly - whenever even "thinking" about taking off the back cover of your PC it > should, most definitely, be UNPLUGGED! > > However, as you so rightly determined, what I meant was that if you leave the PC > plugged in when not in use, then the CMOS battery will be kept charged. > > Keeping the PC plugged in (when not in use) also has the added effect keeping the > CMOS data alive even when the battery is defective. > > Otherwise, unplugging (when the PC is off) will wipe out the CMOS data in a machine > with a defective [or no] battery, and you would have to reset the data in it each > time and the machine may not even work at all. > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "glee" <glee29(a)spamindspring.com> wrote in message > news:OSb27y0dKHA.5372(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message > > news:O7P9qGUdKHA.1592(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> snip > >> On replacing the battery it sometimes helps if you keep the PC > >> plugged-in when it's switched off, as, this way, it keeps charging. > >> snip > > > > I'm not sure what you are meaning here, Tim. If you mean, AFTER you > > replace the CMOS battery it is a good idea to keep the computer plugged > > in when it's switched off, then yes that's true. > > > > However, what you wrote can be interpreted to mean you are suggesting > > that the computer be kept plugged in WHILE replacing the battery, which > > is a very bad idea. I just wanted to clarify that for anyone having a > > semantics problem. > > > > The "On" at the beginning of the sentence indicates that you mean the > > former, but you know those of us in the USA don't really speak or > > understand English. ;-) > > -- > > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 > > A+ > > http://dts-l.net/ > > > > . >
From: John John - MVP on 5 Mar 2010 06:55 Is the XP Home install cd at Service Pack 1 or higher? John umwhat wrote: > I received a replacement hard drive. I installed the hard drive into the > computer the first hard drive was installed on and this drive has failed an > XP install an error message reads, "format could not finish" , sorry I missed > it exactly again. So I am asking for another replacement hard drive. These > drives are sold with a 3 year warranty. These hard drives were selling and > still are selling for the lowest price on the auction site. Google tells me > Western Digital hard drives similar to and the same model as this model > WD50000AADS get the arn thing stuck in the read position. Installs are ok > with other hard drives. > >
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