Maxtor must suffer. And stuff.
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theweaselkingLet it be henceforth decreed:
Maxtor are Anathema, and their minions must be smote henceforth (although their hardware may remain, for economic reasons).
Why, you ask?
Because Maxtor's technical support is completely useless, and so when my brand spanking new 300GB HDD (henceforth known as Lord Of Storage) was completely undetectable by my BIOS and by XP, Maxtor were utterly useless to me.
And so I knew despair.
And then, as if arriving on the wings on an angel, Seagate came to my rescue. Seagate provided me with DiscWizard, which, after a few minor interface glitches[1], installed, configured, and generally made my new drive both visible and useful.
In SECONDS.
Seagate may live.
And my machine is now spiffy again after last week's HDD failure, thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
denovan and his compatriots.[2]
Speaking of being spiffy after HDD failure,
The Magnificent Doggo (who does not, actually, resemble this picture in anything but breed and colouration) has, after her horrible accident, gone to the vet's with a startling discovery: While this injury is identical to the last injury she received, she didn't actually re-injure the leg. She fucked up the OTHER leg, and the repairs to the first leg are actually doing just fine.
Surgery happened Tuesday, dog is recovering fine and high as a fucking kite on Doggy Morphine.
It's very cute.
Those of you arriving for Canada Day at the parental unit's place (with pool and barbecue!) may see the dog, but she's not going to be up to doing much of anything active, and will, indeed, be staying in the house for most or all of the time, so those with doggy allergies or phobias can still arrive. This is an all-day event, and, really, if I know you, you're welcome. If you're with someone I know and you're not a complete lunatic, you're welcome. If I don't know you and you're not with anyone I know and you're still in Ottawa and still want to come by? Drop me a message, I'll toss you directions. Come on in! Bring your own suits, towels, food for the barbie, etc. We have tons of ice and condiments and fridge space and all that good stuff.
This cat wishes he could go in my pool instead.
[1]: Little things, like the program REQUIRING me to shut off "so I could install the drive" and not having a "but it's already installed. Just look for it, dumbass" option, and requiring me to stick in the model number (for the drive that's already in the currently-on machine). Of course, when I told it "no model number" it just said "I don't know that one. Is it SCSI, ATA, or SATA?" and took my word for it, and when it saw the Maxtor drive it said "Whoa, that's not ours. We'll install it, but you don't get to call us for help, okay?" - and then installed it perfectly. Compare this with Maxtor's similar utility, which REQUIRED a 3.5" floppy *and* which couldn't detect the drive? Fuck that.
[2]: Yes, this is a pimp. Those guys are great. Not necessarily the cheapest on anything at any given time (but competive, regardless, and always good prices), and they're competent, professional, and damn good about warrantee repairs. Now, if only they had longer business hours for my personal convenience, they'd be perfect.
Maxtor are Anathema, and their minions must be smote henceforth (although their hardware may remain, for economic reasons).
Why, you ask?
Because Maxtor's technical support is completely useless, and so when my brand spanking new 300GB HDD (henceforth known as Lord Of Storage) was completely undetectable by my BIOS and by XP, Maxtor were utterly useless to me.
And so I knew despair.
And then, as if arriving on the wings on an angel, Seagate came to my rescue. Seagate provided me with DiscWizard, which, after a few minor interface glitches[1], installed, configured, and generally made my new drive both visible and useful.
In SECONDS.
Seagate may live.
And my machine is now spiffy again after last week's HDD failure, thanks to
denovan and his compatriots.[2]Speaking of being spiffy after HDD failure,
The Magnificent Doggo (who does not, actually, resemble this picture in anything but breed and colouration) has, after her horrible accident, gone to the vet's with a startling discovery: While this injury is identical to the last injury she received, she didn't actually re-injure the leg. She fucked up the OTHER leg, and the repairs to the first leg are actually doing just fine.
Surgery happened Tuesday, dog is recovering fine and high as a fucking kite on Doggy Morphine.
It's very cute.
Those of you arriving for Canada Day at the parental unit's place (with pool and barbecue!) may see the dog, but she's not going to be up to doing much of anything active, and will, indeed, be staying in the house for most or all of the time, so those with doggy allergies or phobias can still arrive. This is an all-day event, and, really, if I know you, you're welcome. If you're with someone I know and you're not a complete lunatic, you're welcome. If I don't know you and you're not with anyone I know and you're still in Ottawa and still want to come by? Drop me a message, I'll toss you directions. Come on in! Bring your own suits, towels, food for the barbie, etc. We have tons of ice and condiments and fridge space and all that good stuff.
This cat wishes he could go in my pool instead.
[1]: Little things, like the program REQUIRING me to shut off "so I could install the drive" and not having a "but it's already installed. Just look for it, dumbass" option, and requiring me to stick in the model number (for the drive that's already in the currently-on machine). Of course, when I told it "no model number" it just said "I don't know that one. Is it SCSI, ATA, or SATA?" and took my word for it, and when it saw the Maxtor drive it said "Whoa, that's not ours. We'll install it, but you don't get to call us for help, okay?" - and then installed it perfectly. Compare this with Maxtor's similar utility, which REQUIRED a 3.5" floppy *and* which couldn't detect the drive? Fuck that.
[2]: Yes, this is a pimp. Those guys are great. Not necessarily the cheapest on anything at any given time (but competive, regardless, and always good prices), and they're competent, professional, and damn good about warrantee repairs. Now, if only they had longer business hours for my personal convenience, they'd be perfect.
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Date: 2006-06-29 10:53 pm (UTC)(My own Dog of Doom is hanging out in the family room, helping Mark play FFVIII. Jack is not a very good gamer, but he tries hard.)
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Date: 2006-06-30 12:29 am (UTC)Come on!
You know you want to!
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Date: 2006-06-30 12:43 am (UTC)You'd better bring your hiding ass by the next time you pass through on the way to Columbus so I can make you dinner, or I shall be a Cranky Moo.
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Date: 2006-06-30 12:29 am (UTC)So.
Without the Seagate wizard, how would I have gotten my disk to show up and work?
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Date: 2006-06-30 01:49 am (UTC)i can look when we drop in on saturday...
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Date: 2006-06-30 02:18 am (UTC)But the point is, the disk works now, so I don't really care why it didn't.
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Date: 2006-06-30 01:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-30 11:22 am (UTC)I have several Maxtor SATA drives in the house, and they have been trouble free for me. Don't ask me about Western Digital.
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Date: 2006-06-30 11:53 am (UTC)(The drive itself is trouble-free, once the system could finally see it. Getting the computer to see it was a trial that required[1] Seagate's autoconfig software.)
[1]: Sure, it may not have STRICTLY required it, but that worked.
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Date: 2006-06-30 11:39 am (UTC)I'm generaly leary of anything with XOR in the name.