I just got a new (for me) but used Western Digital hard drive (40GB ATA100 7200rpm). Since I had to RMA 2 WDs before, I ran the diagnostic program after partitioning and formatting the drive (It may be a free drive but I still don't trust it). Well, this drive came up with some problems. First it gave me error code 0257. I checked it online and it said
said by Error 257:
Error Correction Code. Between two to nine errors have been detected. ECC is a hardware correction technique that corrects errors. If ECC occurs, use Data Lifeguard repair option for additional error correction. Please re-test the drive with Data Lifeguard. Action to take, re-test drive
So I re-tested the drive this time it said it had problems on it that could be repaired so I tried to repair it. After a few minutes of "repairing," I got an error 0212. This one said
said by Error 212:
Transparent Auto RElocate. An error was reported by the drive during the Write command (to cause the auto-relocation) or the Read Verify command (to verify the relocation happened). Action to take, replace drive
Well this will be #3 for me. How is the Western Digital RMA department? Still slow?