Here's a "stumper"

"Justin Kremer" wrote in
:

Thanks for the replies everyone!
I spoke to IBM/Hitachi today and they will replace the drive
however they don't offer an advance RMA - even if I provide a
credit card #. That's some B.S. - they should be much more
accommodating seeing as this drive is just 2 months old.
*** DO NOT BUY AN IBM/HITACHI DESKSTAR!!!!!!! ***

Everything that's of importance to me was backed up long ago.

Been there, done that with IBM. I've had good success with both Maxtor
and Western Digital.

Adam