On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT 
net> wrote:
> And even more important, should I be asking for an RMA from Maxtor?

If it's still in warranty, you're seeing filesystem errors, and SMART
is indicating that your filesystem errors are caused by hardware
problems, then you should be calling Maxtor.

Drives go bad, and all of the system-level tools in the world are
basically helpless to prevent it :(

Dustin

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