My another IBM Deskstar looks like dying
Today the drive start to make all those clicks clicks clicks are I finished capture some clips in Final Cut Pro....
And then the drive keeps spinning down and up.....and then freezes the entire system.
Well...time to ditch this one last IBM drive in my life......
If I am a buying a new PowerMac in the future I will tell the retailer that if they ship with IBM drive I will force them to replace it with other brands...
And then the drive keeps spinning down and up.....and then freezes the entire system.
Well...time to ditch this one last IBM drive in my life......
If I am a buying a new PowerMac in the future I will tell the retailer that if they ship with IBM drive I will force them to replace it with other brands...
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<strong>What series? 75GXP again or a newer one?</strong><hr></blockquote>
75 GXP. I have two of this
The first one died last month. Died at 1 year. This one is 7 months old and is dying
You might be able to join in the class action law suit against IBM if that interests you Leonis. The new 120GXP series looks sort of tempthing though.
First one - Died @ age of 1 year 2 months
Second one - Died @ age of 5 months
Long live Seagate!
Mine had a 3 year warranty, will they take it back without it having failed?
<strong>I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I've had my Deathstar for over a year without problems, but I've heard a lot of anecdotal evidence of problems with these drives.</strong><hr></blockquote>
So the problems are coming soon
Seriously.....it never hurts to do backup....
<strong>I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I've had my Deathstar for over a year without problems, but I've heard a lot of anecdotal evidence of problems with these drives.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Me too.
My retailer told me that the SCSI drive where more resistant, i put one for my server where there is all my criticals data. Patient's folder.
I don't suppose anyone has sucessfully managed to mount one of these damaged drives?
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<strong> I think it was too expensive or something, so I got a Seagate. </strong><hr></blockquote>
without going into too much detail, which drive company is recommended? I've heard mixed feedback about seagate.
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without going into too much detail, which drive company is recommended? I've heard mixed feedback about seagate.
<img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
I think you'll hear mixed feedback about almost every company. I've never had a problem with Maxtor's but I've only owned 2 of them so your milage may vary. One advantage the current Seagate Baracudda IV's have right now over other 7200rpm drives is they are near silent and produce little heat at the expense of being slightly slower.
- The only drive I have ever had a definite mechanical failure on is the ancient Cor-Bit.
- Other drives that have failed for reasons unbeknown to me (and possibly from software failure) were from Western Digital.
- I have an eleven-year-old Quantum that hasn't failed yet. I also have a nine-year-old Connor that's still good. Both companies are now owned by Maxtor, and I don't know anything about that.
Oh, and I also have a Seagate that's a few months shy of twelve. That also seems to work.
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I really can't believe I'm back to square one, researching bloody hard drives!! it's mind numbing! I just hope my deskstar will give me some data after it's overnight freeze <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
This time I think i'll spend a little more (for peace of mind).
:cool:
-alcimedes