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I hate IBM hdds (2 60GXP's just failed on me)

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AncientPC

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This morning IBM just topped Western Digital for the #1 position on my sh!ttiest hard drive manufacturers` list.

As of 1100 this morning my OS / IBM 60GXP (40GB) drive failed. It was not a bad head, but a weird whirring sound I have never heard before.

As of 1200 this same morning, my 2nd slave drive / IBM 60GXP (40GB) drive failed.

I tested both of the drives independently with a working IDE cable and power cord, they both failed.

I had 75GB`s of data on both of those drives, and haven`t backed up within the last 3 months. Both of these drives are less than a year old.

IBM`s customer service is also notorious for taking up to 3 months on RMA`ing a harddrive, so I know I won`t be expecting these drives back anytime soon if I RMA them.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr
 
I moved the hdd to another machine and it still doesn't work. WinXP ran chkdsk and just about every sector failed.

It makes an odd whirring noise. Not a control arm failure or a bad head (because I know what those sound like). I've never heard this type of sound before.

However, on the 2nd system I can access the hdd but the seek time is INCREDIBLY SLOW. Every time I access the hdd (or the computer, most of the times it's involuntary) my computer hangs for about 10-15 seconds.

I can read / copy off the logical drives but not the primary partition (i.e. OS drive, i.e Profile, i.e My Documents folder and Favorites, i.e. Mailbox)
 
having both drives fail on you in a matter of hours is really really unlikely........
I would look into it..becuase I would suspect something else..
 
I'm trying I'm trying. Do you have any suggestions?

I mean I've already moved each drive to another system as a slave and reading the primary partition still fails.

When I try to get a directory listing in the Emergency Recovery Console I get a:
"Directory of C:\

An error occured during directory enumeration."
 


<< This morning IBM just topped Western Digital for the #1 position on my sh!ttiest hard drive manufacturers` list. As of 1100 this morning my OS / IBM 60GXP (40GB) drive failed. It was not a bad head, but a weird whirring sound I have never heard before. As of 1200 this same morning, my 2nd slave drive / IBM 60GXP (40GB) drive failed. I tested both of the drives independently with a working IDE cable and power cord, they both failed. I had 75GB`s of data on both of those drives, and haven`t backed up within the last 3 months. Both of these drives are less than a year old. IBM`s customer service is also notorious for taking up to 3 months on RMA`ing a harddrive, so I know I won`t be expecting these drives back anytime soon if I RMA them. Grrrrrrrrrrrr >>



I think Western Digital makes quality hard drives...I put them right up there with Maxtor

Ausm
 
My first hard drive install was an IBM, which wouldn't even format, returned to store for another one, same problem. They then gave me a quantum and I now have 5 of them. I've had a couple failures, but not the drives fault, and maxtor is super to deal with. Fast on the phone, fast shipping and very helpful.

IBM, never again. That store also has never stocked IBM since.
 
That's curious - I have 8 of those same drives and have had zero problems with any of them. When you say "tested," have you downloaded and run IBM's Drive Fitness Test (DFT)? That is one super utility.

I had a client call me last night - both of her IBM 60GXP 40 GB drives seemed to be bad all of a sudden. I made a house call - clicking noise - not good - then some other erratic signs. It wasn't the drives at all - I replaced the power supply (a Sparkle 300 att) and it all returned to normal.

What was eating her power supply? Too many USB devices with no separate powered hub.
 
If you had 2 HDDs fail within 1 hour you must have some other issue with your system. I don't care how unreliable the IBM drives may be it is unfathomable how 2 of them would bite the dust so close together unless something happened, like a faulty PSU or a power spike.

I'm not defending IBM, it is just so unlikely for this to happen.
 
I've run DFT on one the drives so far, running it on the 2nd drive as I'm typing.

DFT says:
Serial Number: blah
Failure code: 0x70 - Defective Device
TRC: 7000C26B
 


<< If you had 2 HDDs fail within 1 hour you must have some other issue with your system. I don't care how unreliable the IBM drives may be it is unfathomable how 2 of them would bite the dust so close together unless something happened, like a faulty PSU or a power spike.

I'm not defending IBM, it is just so unlikely for this to happen. >>



I have 3 hard drives on the system. Why didn't the Maxtor drive fail? It went through whatever the IBM's went through.

The computer's on a surge protector so a power spike shouldn't have hurt the syste. I may just have really bad luck.
 
DFT finished on the 2nd drive.

Disposition code = 0x00

So supposedly the drive's fine. I wouldn't bet on it, because it failed to initialize in BIOS this morning and made the same whirring sound as the now verified defective hard drive. I'd just give it time . . .
 
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