[ale] IBM DeskStar 40/60/80GB

[John Wells]

Damn...how long ya had it?  I've had a 40 GB for about two years....just
wondering how long I might have left ;-)

John

Kevin Krumwiede said:
> Thought I'd mention this in light of the recent discussion about bad
> sectors.  My 60GB IBM DeskStar has developed the "Click Of Death" these
> drives are notorious for.  Somebody recenly posted a link to a firmware
> update that IBM says should correct the problem.  Well, mine already had
> the latest firmware and it still failed.  I think this is one time when
> you might get fired for buying IBM...
>
> I got a new 80GB Seagate Barracuda.  Hopefully this will be the last time
> I have to do the OS reloading thing for a while.
>
> Krum
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