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    Hitachi Travelstar 7k500... partition problem...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by rothariger, Jun 18, 2010.

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    rothariger Notebook Geek

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    hello,

    i bought one of those, but after i recover windows with a recovery cd, after a couple of days, the drive erased all and its like unpartioned, like a factory reset.

    i must to send the drive to RMA? or i must to do a fresh install and try that first?
     
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    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    i tested with the tune hd pro and the hitachi's tool and both were ok... :S


    now i see that there is a hole that must be clear, but the bay of my asus cover that up... i guess, that's my problem...
     
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