Funky hard drive noises.

[Carbo]

IBM DestStar 75GXP, 46G hard drive. Five approximately equal partitions. Occasional clunk comes out of her. Then, defragging the C drive, (OS), and it kept hanging and making unusual noises. Finally finished. Ran IBM's utility and it comes up with some bad sectors. Still booting fine, though. Am I effed? Do I have a future paperweight?
Should I be at mwave.com scouting prices for a replacement? Or is this puppy salvageable?

 

[MichaelD]

&quot;IBM DestStar 75GXP, 46G hard drive&quot; <---THAT and THIS--->&quot;Occasional clunk comes out of her. Then, defragging the C drive, (OS), and it kept hanging and making unusual noises. Finally finished. Ran IBM's utility and it comes up with some bad sectors&quot; is unfortunately all you need to know. Back it up now and get a new drive. There are approximately 100 threads w/the same story as yours on the AT forums. I've stuck with Maxtor and haven't had a problem yet. Not bashing IBM, just stating my situation.

From what I've read here, lately, when you RMA your drive, IBM just sends out a refurb. I wish you luck. Good luck!

 

[Carbo]

If I need to buy a new, say, 60GXP, what is the difference between the retail hard drive versus the bare drive version that I see listed on the various retailer's websites?

 

[MichaelD]

Simple, and this applies to HDs, videocards, soundcards, NICs, etc.

RETAIL: Product comes in fancy, colorful box with instructions, driver/utility CDRom/floppy, cables, connectors &amp; instruction sheet/book.

OEM/BARE: Product comes in &quot;white box&quot; (you see &quot;white box only&quot; a lot on Pricewatch) by itself. No cables, drivers or fancy packaging.