It finally happened... it was inevitable... :(

[Noirish]

run to BB and get the 120GB for $15 AR quick!!!

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: manohartvs
You are talking about 30 gigs. I lost a WD 160 GB HDD. A ton of games on it, 35 gigs of Simpsons and ton of other movies. GODDAMN YO!

Hey, about the simpsons, was it from a torrent with like all 16 seasons? If you want, I can send you the files cause I've got em all.

 

[Steve]

You do know there was a firmware fix issued for the deathstars, right?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Savarak
My 30 gig "Deathstar" Deskstar IBM drive finally stopped spinning up. 28gigs of mp3s lost.

I wish I had gotten in on that deathstar lawsuit, but at the time my drive was still running fine.

R. I. P.

 

[IronWing]

We've had luck extracting data by sticking dead drives into those USB drive housings.

 

[Whisper]

Mine died about 4 months ago after roughly...hmm...I actually have no idea, maybe three years or so? Didn't know there was a lawsuit, but I had heard of the firmware. However, this was after IBM stopped doing tech support for the drives, and at that point to get the update, you apparently already had to have a problem with it. Mine was working fine at the time, so I didn't contact anyone further.

 

[mitaiwan82]

I feel ya...I had 2 40GB deathstars

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: Whisper
I had heard of the firmware. However, this was after IBM stopped doing tech support for the drives, and at that point to get the update, you apparently already had to have a problem with it. Mine was working fine at the time, so I didn't contact anyone further.

A little bit of mildly intelligent Googling would have brought you this:

Deathstar firmware fix