Alan Beagley wrote:
> It seems that my 73GB Seagate SCSI drive (still in warranty) is dying, but
>
> (a) the BIOS Verify utility says it is fine;
>
> (b) dfSee detects multiple write errors on *some* partitions;
>
> (c) under eCS some write operations fail on partitions that dfSee finds 
> to be error free.
>
> Why the discrepancy?
>
> -=-
> Alan
>
>
>   
I wouldn't  trust the BIOS Verify utility as much as DFSee or actual 
operation of the system. You could have the old favorite - a termination 
error on the SCSI chain or (worse) it could be the controller that's 
going faulty not the drive.

Cheers/2

Ed.
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