ok IBM hard drives really suck

[Chau]

i've had 2 ibm hard drives die on me within a year..and now my 3rd hard drive is dying on me now..im hearing the click of death

also if yer wondering why i keep getting ibm's after htey die on me, its because theyre all under warranty so they just give me another one

 

[stev0]

what is their warrenty? i just had a 60 gig ibm drive crap out on me.

 

[m2kewl]

dude, i feel your pain.

i jumped on those during the raging hot deals...but i've chucked them all since for reliable scsi drives!!

 

[Chau]

3 years i think

yeah all 3 of mine have been 60 gigs too

 

[olds]

ok IBM hard drives really suck
Man, where have you been for the past 2 years?

 

[Scarpozzi]

IBM used to have the best hard drives in the industry for years. I'm not sure about the deskstart lines, but I did get one from Dell (didn't know what brand I was buying because it was a dell branded deal). I've found that hard drives will crap out and it's not always about the brand name...just some models fail more frequently than others. Keep backups of all your important data at all times.

 

[cnwk64]

Tell me about it...
I RMA 5 HDDs in past 1.5 yrs, all of them are the old 75GXP model
good thing, I use them only for my workstation and all my data are save in my server.
otherwise, I'll be super pissed....anyway there is a class action going on.
anyone knows what happen after that?

 

[Kevin]

Man, my karma is all whacked out. I've got two IBM hard drives and they work flawlessly. Whenever something works for the "general public", it never works for me. But when something doesn't work, it'll work for me. Kinda sucks though because everyone is always working out for the "general public"...

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: kevin000
Man, my karma is all whacked out. I've got two IBM hard drives and they work flawlessly. Whenever something works for the "general public", it never works for me. But when something doesn't work, it'll work for me. Kinda sucks though because everyone is always working out for the "general public"...

its good for us though.

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: kevin000
Man, my karma is all whacked out. I've got two IBM hard drives and they work flawlessly. Whenever something works for the "general public", it never works for me. But when something doesn't work, it'll work for me. Kinda sucks though because everyone is always working out for the "general public"...

its good for us though.

Unfortunately. People say I have an easy life though, I guess it kinda evens out...

 

[mdennison]

6 40 gig 60gxp's and 2 20gig 60gxp's. NEVER a problem with any of them and they are all over a year old. Two of the 40's have never been turned off.

Just a fyi

 

[crawford]

if I have a 40 gig 60gxp die on me is there anything I can do about it ? (it was just about a year before it died)

 

[MazerRackham]

I had a 30 GB 75GXP die on me.... they sent me a replacement 60GXP and I immediately sold it

 

[deerslayer]

Never owned one. 3 maxtor 40gigs and one seagate 60 gig, all still good

 

[zsouthboy]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
I had a 30 GB 75GXP die on me.... they sent me a replacement 60GXP and I immediately sold it

ROFL!

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: crawford
if I have a 40 gig 60gxp die on me is there anything I can do about it ? (it was just about a year before it died)

link

 

[ChrisIsBored]

IBM IDE HDD's = suck
IBM SCSI HDD's = good

 

[crawford]

Originally posted by: bigrash9

Originally posted by: crawford
if I have a 40 gig 60gxp die on me is there anything I can do about it ? (it was just about a year before it died)

link

Thanks man

 

[geno]

I've got 2 GXPs in my system right now, they're 3 years old, and still RAIDing like champs - I got in on them before the line started going to crap I guess.

 

[rayma2]

uh oh I have a 60Gig IBM drive.. I hope I am lucky and dont have to mess with a broken one.

 

[MustPost]

I have a 75gxp thats worked for over 2 years. There were actually 2 factories that made these hard drives. Some people believe that most of the bad HDs have come from only one of these factories.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: chrisisbored
IBM IDE HDD's = suck
IBM SCSI HDD's = good

Agreed.

Man, I have been bitten by the IBM suckage lately too. We have had three of them die at work. Ugh.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

No worry, the Seagate 15K.3 SCSI harddrives will be out in November. Faster than current 15,000 RPM SCSI drives and quieter than your 7200 RPM IDE!

 

[IGBT]

Isn't there a recall on them things??

 

[Chau]

man this sucks..my hard drive is completely dead now..when i turn on my comp, bios wont even find my hard drive...is there anyway to get the data off this hdd without going to a data recovery palce??

like i heard that u can put your hard drive in a freezer and then take it out and it'll last you a bit to copy all your old files over?

is that true? if so, how long do u leave it i nthe freezer for, and how long does it usually last after that?