anyone having weird problems with ibm 40 gig gpx harddrive?

[perplexed]

:disgust: I have read and then bought a ibm 40 gig hd and for three months it has worked well,then yesterday it s**t the bed.I was ready to return it after many attemps to fix it and then after i completely unpartictioned and formatted it then it would load windows and works ok.I tryed finding a software program on the web to diagnois if ther was still a prob but could not find one that said there was one??????????I'm back on line now and it seems ok---but i lost all my data and files!!!!do i trust it or try to rma????let me know ,thanks

 

[John]

Run the IBM drive fitness test and see what happens.

http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/support/download.htm#DFT

 

[perplexed]

yep,i did that and for a second it showed red and said there was a bad cluster or sector and then in a blink of a eye it automaticly took over and "fixed" the problem.this is what worries me if ibm is hiding bad clusters or segments so they don't show up so you don't return the drive,ya know what i mean?

 

[HappyPuppy]

Every harddrive ever manufactured has some bad sectore/clusters on it. That's because nothing is perfect. The bad sectors/clusters are "flagged" by the low level formatting and are not used. If you ran the drive fitness utility from IBM and your HDD passed then you can't RMA it anyway. If you doubt the reliability of the drive you can use it for non-critical storage or you can shelve it.

 

[perplexed]

:disgust:you no sound happy to me happy puppy face!i have had no bad hard drive clusters/segments till today!i just read an article about all ibm 60-70 gpx having meltdown problems,i'll be damned if i'm going to shelf a 100.00 hd when it is a lemon from the factory!!!!

 

[Paulson]

IBM has been having some problems with their hard drives lately, which is why you should research and figure out what would be the best bang for the buck...

Sorry about your hard drive, but unless it's making a clicking noise, or is screwed up, you just have to hope it'll die soon so you can RMA it...

The good news is, lol, that both western digital hard drives I've had to RMA, the ones that came back were better than the original

I'm hoping that when you do send yours is, this is the case for you also.

(by better I mean they perform and function a lot better...)

 

[perplexed]

thanks paul,it's like going to the doctor,now that i re formatted and re installed xp--everything is ok! now do i wait for death or trust my files to this drive?

 

[Paulson]

If you aren't hearing and clicking or abnormal noises coming from your drive, I don't think you should worry too much, but just keep an eye out on the hard drive and run IBM's drive fitness test as often as you feel necessary (I run diagnostics on my hard drives every weekend)...