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New Drive arrived yesterday.
Current one started really acting up today in the office.

I have my project for the weekend :)
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
New Thats what I get for starting projects at 3am
I looked around for the camera...it wasn't close enough...so no pictures. I may provide a picture of the drive that was replaced though...because that pinhole...the one clearly marked "Do Not Cover"...well wouldn't you know...that great french QC...slapped the 2 sided tape holding the plate to the drive right over that sucker.

So...it was only a matter of time. I'm surprised it lasted this long considering the number of planes its been on.

Drive is formatting now...looks like I have a 20 gig 6 gig mp3 player now:-)

Some notes.

Easier than I thought...though the screws holding on the cover are deceptive. The ones at the top of the unit come out very easily...and you would expect the same on the bottom next to the USB. Wrong...the screws on either side of the USB are twice as long. Deceptive.

Also...the screws go through the lid back into the lid. I may take a photo of this when I wake up (cover is still off). Its pretty flimsy...so pushing down to keep the screwdriver in the tiny heads will likely bend the plastic...lesson...make sure you have a small philips head screwdriver that fits perfectly...this way you avoid bending these pieces.

Oh yeah...he lists a T-10 bit...I used a T-9.

Also...it may be a good idea to have a couple of strips of 2 sided tape. The plate doesn't come off of the drive cleanly. There was enough stick left to put it on the new drive...but it would have been nice to have at least one clean piece to make sure it doesn't slip.

Drive in unit was a 6g 4200 rpm 9.5mm Fujutisu...replaced with same form rotation drive...just 20g. 87 with free shipping from avlogic.

And I didn't cover the pressure hole :-)

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I tried to use Drive Manager in W2k as suggested...but it didn't seem to want to offer me "Create Partition" as a selection on the USB drive. So I used Partition Magic. One more reason to love that app!
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
Expand Edited by bepatient Jan. 11, 2003, 04:31:42 AM EST
     Looks like I have my fun cut out for me. - (bepatient) - (14)
         Luck! And thanks for the pointer. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2)
             No problem. - (bepatient) - (1)
                 These trick eyes of mine... - (admin)
         Drive arrived yesterday. - (bepatient) - (1)
             Thats what I get for starting projects at 3am - (bepatient)
         My 20GB Archos Recorder has the click of death. - (Another Scott) - (6)
             Luck! -NT - (jb4)
             See my post to bepatient... - (imric)
             Replacement was easy. - (Another Scott) - (3)
                 Does it strike anyone else as odd.. - (Steve Lowe) - (2)
                     Apparently Linux would have worked, too. - (Another Scott) - (1)
                         :-) -NT - (Steve Lowe)
         Riiich - (imric) - (1)
             It's on my list of things to try. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott)

It's the same snivelling little rodent as it always was.
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