[wellylug] hard drive problem

[Jo 'Mangee' Booth]

On 15/07/2005, at 09:11 , Bill Christiansen wrote:

> I think the 4GB HDD on my old P2 laptop has developed a bad block or
> two. I first noticed it when ever I started synaptic there was an
> abnormally large amount of HDD activity and synaptic would take
> several times longer than normal to start. I decided to try a fresh
> install, after recreating & formating the partions but now the extra
> hard drive activity and delay seems to occur right when X is starting
> (eventually KDE does start and seems to run OK). Is there a way to do
> a surface scan and mask out the bad blocks?
>
> Probably time I looked at replacing the HDD but I don't think it's
> particularly easy to get to on this Toshiba satellite. I remember
> going in through the keyboard one time to have a look but couldn't see
> any way to remove the HDD without pulling the whole thing to bits.
>
> PS I had intended to make the last WellyLug and bring along some
> PCLinuxOS cd's but got called out of town for work so appologies.
>
> Bill

I took a 6 Gb out my Toshiba Satellite 2670DVD and replaced is with a  
40 Gb for about $100 or so. Easy in the bottom, two screws, one cable  
and bing.  I thought it was keyboard access - cause thats what I went  
thru for ram and modem... but no.. just a cover on the bottom.

-Jo.