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Old 09-03-2008, 04:12 AM   #25
mikeL
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If it's still under warranty I would just RMA it. If not then you can try a zero fill utility it might fix the problem, however there is always that chance it will fail again maybe even worse.

I've zero filled a couple out of warranty drives, and they ran fine, but why take the chance.
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