On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
Mark: Scott has the right plan for you. Buy a new drive and install it, when you take out the defective one. Send the defective drive in on an RMA and they will probably replace it with a remanufactured drive and you keep that one available as a spare or install it in another box.. If your box is like 3 of ours, it is a PITA to R&R a 5.25" drive. We have 2 Dell Dimensions that are very easy to open (that's the idea, if it works). Dell Latin America replaced one of them, after I got it, because I could not open it. It took two (2) of their Tech Support people, to get the thing open, so I asked for a new one. Plastic cases...... Lanny
Actually, this is my personal desktop that I've built and rebuilt over the years, so taking out a drive isn't THAT big of a deal.
However, the alternative Scott suggests sounds seriously tempting.
Thanks, folks!
mhr