So my sister brought over her notebook today and told me it had stopped working.? She said it just gave some error about grub and that’s it.
Well, I’ve been messing with it all day and have come to the conclusion that the HDD is officially hosed.? I could not access it via DSL.? I couldn’t restore grub via Ubuntu + restore / live.? I used SpinRite, which found the disk, but also found a grip of errors.? I’ll admit it didn’t look good from the beginning but it turned out worse than I thought.? Normally I’m able to find a fix, but not in this case.
On the bright side she doesn’t want a broken laptop anymore and this thing runs great on DSL!? I may have just aquired a new laptop..? I’ll, of course, have to use DSL and a USB drive to do anything.? That’s fine.
What would be a good use for this machine?? Firewall? Router?
Have you thought about checking the warranty on the hdd? I’ve had two harddrives given to me this week that I RMA’d, and I’m going to get free replacements for both of them. 🙂