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"Might work out 4 you, Might!" on
Pros: None really. Appealing due to its size/speed but what does that matter if it doesn't last. Get a reliable brand Seagate Western Digital anybody that cares enough to support there own drives and has at least 3 yr warranty.
Cons: Be cautious of Deskstar drives. IBM gave up on them & Hitachi now does the support. Just had a IBM Deskstar 40Gb 7200RPM start "chirping" and shut down(stops spinning) on 05/26/04.
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"Deskstar crash common" on by Jack Toolin
Pros: Well, it worked for a while.
Cons: Deskstars apparently have history of failure.
Summary: The reason I'm here is that I'm looking for a new drive to replace the Deskstar that crashed about a month ago. I unfortunately did not back up the data on the drive and I'm going to have to pay thousands to recover it.
I spoke with a data recovery business that said they had seen many Deskstars fail - to the extent that they contacted IBM about it. But IBM refused to acknowledge a problem. I won't be buying a Deskstar again. -
"IBM "DeathStar"" on
Pros: works for a few months to maybe a year
Cons: after a few months the "click of death" starts to happen. just started happening to me and it crashes 3 times a day. IBM wont replace even though its only a month out of warranty. bottom line DONT buy it because its cheap. buy a seagate!
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"MY GOD, Do not buy this drive" on
Pros: Very fast drive
Cons: I work in the music industry and used my "trusty" ibm deskstar 80gb drive to store our production masters, after 8 months the drive just totally died resulting in me loosing my job. Aswell as this my boss filed a law suit against me and so far I've lost
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"so much for the IBM reputation" on
Pros: that it works
Cons: when it fails. Oh, and when the replacement drive fails also after being told the first one was "part of a bad batch".
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