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My old IBM Deskstar has just died :(

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concreteDonkey

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Bought a 40GB IBM Deskstar in August 2001

It's been under pretty heavy usage right up until the other day when it started making high pitch noise followed by a click over and over.

Initially I thought it was about time really and so far I've been having trouble moving on (more on this here)

But, to help solve my problem, I'm using my REALLY old 3gig Fujitsu drive, which has taken the same intense usage for a good 4 years prior to my Deskstar upgrade. At which time it was passed on to my younger brother and used for another couple of years by him.

So why does the old drive still work when the newer Deskstar (which was a pretty good model when I bought it) has snuffed it?

Should I be content with the 6 years of good service? Or should I be slightly peeved at this early retirement? What do you think? 😕
 
You should be happy it lasted this long, those models were notorious for early failures. They were given the nickname "Deathstar" for a reason. 😛

I also bought a 40GB in September of 2001 and IIRC it died about three years ago.
 
Any computer part that lasts you that long should be given a farewell party with a nice burial in the backyard with the pets.


Get yourself a nice 500 gig 7200.10 HD for around 100 bucks.
 
Lucky you! My 2001 model didn't last a year. Lazy about backups, lost all my Morpheus snagged mp3's. Morpheus died shortly thereafter, too.
 
Originally posted by: manimal
Any computer part that lasts you that long should be given a farewell party with a nice burial in the backyard with the pets.
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My sound card, DVD-ROM, Speakers, keyboard and mouse have all out-lived that hard drive. All bought at the same time.

Should I consider myself lucky? I'm especially pleased with my cordless desktop cos I properly forked out for it.

 
So far that's 3 Deskstars lasting 1&3 years compared to my 6....

QUICK! Everyone round my place and I'll bless your components with unparalleled longevity!

For a small fee of course 😉
 
I had 2 Deathstars and they lived up to their name in under 1 year. Whats sadder is when you send them back to IBM they send you the same model.... so you are just on a downward spiral to hell....

I sold them as soon as I got them and went to Maxtor.

forgot to add - i remember that all so familiar click click click.... you know if you hit it quite hard (as a friend did) his came back to life.

TBS
 
Originally posted by: concreteDonkey
So far that's 3 Deskstars lasting 1&3 years compared to my 6....

QUICK! Everyone round my place and I'll bless your components with unparalleled longevity!

For a small fee of course 😉
Click to expand...

I think I have you beat.
I still have 4 DeskStars in operation 🙂
In all fairness, 3 are 60GXP's and one is a 120GXP, neither of those families were as prone to failure as the famous 75GXP.
 
Any HDD that makes it to its 5th anniversary has given yeoman service. I have an old (pre 2k) 4.5G Fujitsu which was supposed to be one of their flakier models and I still press it into service on occasion. If my two recent Hitachi purchases (7K80 and 7K160 Deskstars) last anywhere near as long, I'll be ecstatic. So your drive deserves a champagne toast and a round of Auld Lang Syne... 😉 Instead of burying it, remove the lid and embed it in clear acrylic - makes a nice, hi-tek paper weight.

.bh.
 
Consider yourself lucky. My first computer I built had two 40g deathstars setup in RAID-0, boy was that a bad idea. It lasted a year or so and one died. Then the other died, then both replacement drives died. I gave up after that.
 
I think you should be happy with the service the drive has given you. I do have a couple of machines with old seagate 10GB drives (circa 2000) that are still going which copped about 5 years of 24hr/day use. :thumbsup:
 
Oddly enough, I have never had a hard-drive fail on me, Ever, (Ha Ha, don't you all hate me now 😛) The oldest I have is an 800MB beast that still works fine (dont remember the brand, or even the computer it came out of for that matter) I should dig that up and plug it in for nostalgia sake (and see what I saved on it 12 years ago) I have primarily stuck with Maxtor and Western Digital, and bought about 10 HDs in my lifetime (maybe 15)
 
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