From: rayj.balt@verizonDOTTnet   
      
   Kay --   
      
   I've tried every conceivable suggestion until I finally came upon the answer   
   to my problem. For anyone else who needs it, here it is:   
      
   1. Place pesky hard drive on concrete.   
      
   2. With hammer, hit it sharply five times.   
      
   3. Turn it over and repeat.   
      
   4. Throw the damn thing into the garbage.   
      
   My only conclusion is that I must be dealing with a defective hard drive.   
   Thanks for your help.   
      
   -- Ray   
      
   "Kay Archer"  wrote in   
   message news:bhqug9$26gpc$1@ID-176353.news.uni-berlin.de...   
   >   
   > "Ray Jenkins"  wrote in message   
   > news:n460b.8511$_P1.5712@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...   
   > > Thanks Kay --   
   > >   
   > > I thought I had done the things you suggest, but I will retrace all my   
   > steps   
   > > once more, using the online guide which you linked me to.   
   > >   
   > > It is mystifying that I can't just wipe a disc totally clean. This   
   > > "compressed volume and disc cache utility" seems to be a Dracula. No   
   > matter   
   > > how many times I drive a stake through its heart, it keeps coming back.   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   > The next step is to write zeros to the entire drive.  Most HD   
   manufacturers   
   > have free software that will do this (to their drives).  Some BIOS offer   
   an   
   > option to low-level format hard drives (same as writing zeros to entire   
   > drive).   
   >   
   >   
      
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