Hi Wayne! :-)

 WC> The Quantum drive that failed I'd bet money the original owner
 WC> moved while running or banged the box to _get it going_
 WC> when it hung up.
I wrecked a 4G Quantum drive once by accidentally turning on the machine
while I had the case tilted about 45 degrees to plug in some hardware on
the back. Gave a screeching sound and after that it refused to start up
again. Very unpleasant surprise, that, but at least I learned something -
don't tilt your computer while still connected to mains, you might
accidentally hit the power button.

 WC> The sectors marked bad distribution just looked like 
 WC> physically induced damage.
I opened mine afterwards, and saw a nice spiral scratch all over the
platter, with the head stuck at the end of it.

Ciao
Pascal

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