[olug] Dell 600m hard-drive problem

[Jack]

I had a similar problem with a new Hitachi drive that I maltreated.  It wouldn't show up on my computer.

Turns out Hitachi has a diagnostic program that can be downloaded.  I did, and was able to fix the problem.  You might check on whether Dell has such a program.

	Jack

I've got a little problem with my laptop.
You see, GRUB, kinda started giving me "error 18".
And after I fixed that, I still get the error. Then, when
I boot from an ubuntu live-CD, gparted and cfdisk simply
started telling me that I didn't have a drive. BIOS can
detect the drive, and it must be there, because BIOS is
executing GRUB from my drive.

I googled grub and learned about error 18, and I looked
for stuff on failing and crashed hard drives in a dell 600m.
But the only thing any body else has been able to do is
replace the drive.

Anybody have any experiences, alternatives, suggestions
or thoughts about this?


Thanks!
-- 
-John