any way to save an IBM deathstar?

[xoduzz786]

ok so i have a 75gig ibm deskstar from about 5 years back and it finally started makin the dreaded clicking noises and would freeze during the noise. I've backed up everything from the hd already and stuff so im ok but i was wondering if there was a way to keep using the good sectors of the hard drive. I've seen people with 75gig deathstars who successfully turned them into 45gigs of reliable storage (the other 30 gigs were bad sectors i guess). If anyone knows what im talkin about please let me know. thankss

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: xoduzz786
ok so i have a 75gig ibm deskstar from about 5 years back and it finally started makin the dreaded clicking noises and would freeze during the noise. I've backed up everything from the hd already and stuff so im ok but i was wondering if there was a way to keep using the good sectors of the hard drive. I've seen people with 75gig deathstars who successfully turned them into 45gigs of reliable storage (the other 30 gigs were bad sectors i guess). If anyone knows what im talkin about please let me know. thankss

30GB of bad sectors. Lafff.

I have a 45 gb deathstar. Some sectors are bad (makes clicking noises). I don't know where but I've done DVD ripping on it recently because I'm out of space. Worked well. I used about 34 gb of it and no errors.

Honestly, I would NOT recommend using it anymore. I've RMAed it twice and even now I'm afraid to let my parents use it to boot. I got them a $40 160gb instead.

You CAN just format (quick format) and partition it bad/good.

 

[Some1ne]

Hm...if it's making clicking noises then it's probably the motor/read arm/other physical component wearing out, which has nothing to do with bad sectors, so I think that it's unlikely that it can be "repaired" by sectioning off X number of gigs, but I could be wrong. At any rate, I'd recommend against putting anything important on it even if you find a way that supposedly "saves" it from death.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Some1ne
Hm...if it's making clicking noises then it's probably the motor/read arm/other physical component wearing out, which has nothing to do with bad sectors, so I think that it's unlikely that it can be "repaired" by sectioning off X number of gigs, but I could be wrong. At any rate, I'd recommend against putting anything important on it even if you find a way that supposedly "saves" it from death.

There was a website where someone took a part a Deathstar that made clicking noises and the platters were entirely cleared. Like they were see-through..... Yea. I wonder what my Deathstar looks like underneath.