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Summary: IBM DeathStar - Expected life 6 months
Review: After my drive died after 6 months I looked on some news groups to find lots of other people have had the same problem. I didn't replace this drive as I was worried it would just fail again.
Note An Electronics fan is artifically making this hard drive get higher ratings than it should.
Don't waste your money on this drive.
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Summary: Best drive ever!
Review: I bought this drive because it was the fastest (and practically still is), not realizing that it's reliability is very poor. I had the drive 6 months when I hear grinding noises on the drive from corrupt data. I called IBM and they said I had to write 0's to the drive and reformat and re-stinall everything. Did that and 3 months later.....the same thing. IBM told me I had to disable write caching, which they even said was necessary for doing video editing, which I was doing. The tech was so concerned about getting me off the phone that he was talking in circles. Write 0's - reformat - reinstall again. 1 month later, the next tech said I had to put in a patch from Microsoft (which Microsoft does NOT post on their website for public download) and said it was a problem with their OS and all the other hard drive manufacturers had the same problem. Wrong again. 5 days later, same grinding noise. Called IBM AGAIN and they gave me a firmware update for the drive. Write 0's - reformat - reinstall again. They simply will not replace the drive. I've installed the firmware and haven't had any problems in the last month that I've been using it, but I make backups continuously as I have no faith in the drive. Please, stay away from this drive. It's prone to failure (as noted in the class-action lawsuit against them), and their support is the worst I've seen in the industry.
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Summary: Bad Drive with grinding sounds when it's failing.
Review: I bought this drive because it was the fastest (and practically still is), not realizing that it's reliability is very poor. I had the drive 6 months when I hear grinding noises on the drive from corrupt data. I called IBM and they said I had to write 0's to the drive and reformat and re-stinall everything. Did that and 3 months later.....the same thing. IBM told me I had to disable write caching, which they even said was necessary for doing video editing, which I was doing. The tech was so concerned about getting me off the phone that he was talking in circles. Write 0's - reformat - reinstall again. 1 month later, the next tech said I had to put in a patch from Microsoft (which Microsoft does NOT post on their website for public download) and said it was a problem with their OS and all the other hard drive manufacturers had the same problem. Wrong again. 5 days later, same grinding noise. Called IBM AGAIN and they gave me a firmware update for the drive. Write 0's - reformat - reinstall again. They simply will not replace the drive. I've installed the firmware and haven't had any problems in the last month that I've been using it, but I make backups continuously as I have no faith in the drive. Please, stay away from this drive. It's prone to failure (as noted in the class-action lawsuit against them), and their support is the worst I've seen in the industry.
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Summary: The best 7200 drive to date!
Review: I like this drive -- It's mega fast!! Compared to my old 5400 RPM Seagate drive, this drive rocks! Here's some white-paper on it:The IBM Deskstar 75GXP and Deskstar 40GV disk drives combine the performance and capacity to handle a wide range of advanced desktop and audio/video applications. The IBM Deskstar 75GXP incorporates innovative new technologies to greatly enhance system performance--delivering an internal transfer rate that tops the industry average by 27 percent. Glass media, differential preamplifier, and fifth-generation GMR heads enable this level of performance by increasing track capacity an average of 41 percent. A thermal monitor helps ensure data reliability at this high rate. The industry's greatest areal densities provide popular capacity points while reducing the number of components and increasing reliability. The first desktop drive with the IBM safety ramp feature (head load/unload capability) helps protect data by moving the heads off the media surface when powering down. In addition, a laminated top cover and ceramic spindle bearings reduce drive acoustics by up to 7 dB.
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Summary: CRASH CITY...
Review: I rated it 1* only because there is no 0*. I have had 5 of these IBM drives, and I have had all 5 crash. YES 5. I have been using computers for 15 years and have never crashed a drive until these pieces of garbage. If you are using a "DEATHSTAR" right now, it will crash... Maybe not today, or maybe not tomorrow... but eventually it will crash. There are class action lawsuits all over the place on these duds. Please see...If you are thinking of getting one, DON'T. If you have one, GET RID OF IT. DO IT NOW! Mark
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Summary: CRASH CITY...
Review: I rated it 1* only because there is no 0*. I have had 5 of these IBM drives, and I have had all 5 crash. YES 5. I have been using computers for 15 years and have never crashed a drive until these pieces of garbage. If you are using a "DEATHSTAR" right now, it will crash... Maybe not today, or maybe not tomorrow... but eventually it will crash. There are class action lawsuits all over the place on these duds. Please see...If you are thinking of getting one, DON'T. If you have one, GET RID OF IT. DO IT NOW! Mark
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Summary: bought one in feb 2000
Review: I spend way to much time on the computer and this hard drive has worked flawlesly. The only trouble that I have is windows ME likes to make the disk smaller everytime I format. Easily fixed with the disk manager from the IBM website. Got me all fixed up, its actually 46.2 gigs by the way.
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Summary: Best drive ever!
Review: This is the best hard drive I have ever had (the fastest, the quietest, and the most responsive). I usually upgrade my hard drive every six months, but I have used this one for over a year. In fact, I may just wait another month or two before replacing this one. IBM has legendary quality, and their drives are top-rated, as you probably already know. I saw the one-star reviews and thought I would point out that people usually only write reviews when they are upset; if 100 people bought a product, and 3 hated it, you know those three would definitely be the first ones to write a review. I am definitely one of the few happy people to actually post, and that only because I saw how my amazing drive was being dissed. One star experiences with this drive are very rare.
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Summary: Lousy
Review: This is the worst hard drive I've ever owned. The first one failed horribly. IBM after TWO MONTHS sends me a new one. Now it sounds like a loud electric shaver and is possibly on its last legs. Friends of mine have also had this drive fail on them twice. IBM even sent them one that didn't even work out of the box. Avoid this hard drive like the plague. They have quit making it for a reason. Get a 40gb or 60gb instead. They actually work. Too bad you can't give 0 stars. :(
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