mickymcd2(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 1st October 2003, 23:22
instaled a ibm 40 gb hdrive in m8s pc been ok for 2 weeks anyway he got a virus which affected win 32 files on hd tried to format etc but it has damaged hd is it just a coincedence ? do ibm hdrives still come with a 3yr warranty? many thanks micky
RE: can a virus knack up a hdrive??
annmarie(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 2nd October 2003, 01:21
How do you know the hard drive is damaged? Have you tried System Restore if on Win XP to see if a previous dates settings are okay. It could be loss of drivers. Try repairing Win XP or whatever OS it is. What virus was it? Try Sys Restore or fresh install. Im sure theres probably other things you can do without doing these but its better coming from the Expert PC user. Im sure theres one on here somewhere. Good luck.
RE: can a virus knack up a hdrive??
mickymcd2(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 2nd October 2003, 06:27
no tried scan disk etc comes up with damaged sector put it in my pc as a slave unable to write anything to it ive emailed ibm just hope they honour the 3 year warranty
RE: can a virus knack up a hdrive??
sashenden(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 2nd October 2003, 07:17
Shouldnt be a problem. I had an IBM drive that I bought from Dabs. About 2 years and 11months into the warranty it developed a problem and they told me to return it under warranty.
RE: can a virus knack up a hdrive??
annmarie(Competent) posted this on Thursday, 2nd October 2003, 23:43
I may be wrong but isn`t the hard drive supposed to be the master and anything else should be set to slave?
RE: can a virus knack up a hdrive??
mickymcd2(Elite) posted this on Friday, 3rd October 2003, 06:30
no you can set a second hdrive to be a slave after master hd hence the jumper setting that all hrives have !
RE: can a virus knack up a hdrive??
RJS(undefined) posted this on Friday, 3rd October 2003, 12:33
IBM hard drives have a bit of a reputation for dying, something I have first hand experience of unfortunately.
