HD crash

[Wij]

It seems the HD (IBM 60gxp 60 gig) on my main PC has died.

Arse !

 

[bodhi]

Dude

 

[Wazzerphuk]

I told you not to accept scat.exe

 

[Mellow-]

Unlucky Wij, hope it gets well soon?

 

[Wij]

It ain't gonna I think. Gonna have to get a new one. IBM will replace it will they ?

 

[Xavier]

sometimes... depends on age/circumstance...

pop into TechNations forums and we'll try and help ya recover data if poss and see if big blue can be forced to cough up a replacement

 

[Testin da Cable]

eep too bad wijlet

 

[old.Y-it-Earp]

same has gone to mine, wont hold the partion information or format.

fkin thing

IBM do a DFT program but when i tried it my other drive messed up and i had to format both IBMs 75xgp

 

[Yaka]

Wij mate those IBM 60GXP hdd are known the have probs and alot of peeps who have em have complained that the hdd dies now an again or stops werking full stop.
check thier site fer info

 

[old.Explosive23]

Poor Wij

Originally posted by Yaka
Wij mate those IBM 60GXP hdd are known the have probs

I have one myself.. only 20GB one though. From time to time, my machine will just freeze and I have to reboot it.. could it be cos of probs with the hdd? All my other hw seems to be working fine though.

 

[old.Anatoly]

I bought one about 6 months ago because i thought ibm hd's were renouned for being well made (apart from the 75gxp with the glass platters?)

Guess i'd better me more thorough with backing up

 

[Wij]

It gets weirder :/

I just tried booting my main PC again and this time it made some terrible noises then detected the HD and booted. I tried it four times in a row earlier and it would not detect it.

After that I ran the XP drive error checking tool on it (without any of the tickboxes checked) and agout about a fifth of the way through and made the same crunch-beep-cruch-beep noises for a few seconds then continued. It didn't report anything though. Should I ask it to do a scandisk next boot or what ? :/

help0r !

 

[Testin da Cable]

Wij...it's gone mate. Remove it and bin it/take it back to the shop.

 

[shadow`]

yeah

 

[.cage]

unlucky mate, although IBM hard drives are known for reliability, or at least that's what i've heard :\

 

[Xavier]

if it's booting, if only for a little while get another hdd/cd burner and BACK UP YOUR FILES!!!

 

[Yaka]

Originally posted by Xavier
if it's booting, if only for a little while get another hdd/cd burner and BACK UP YOUR FILES!!!

^^ do as this fella says Wij.

 

[Wij]

FREAKY. It's actually working fine again atm :/

To be honest I only really have some games on this PC and the game saves aren't that important. All the rest is still on my 2nd PC, emails, mp3s etc... Might as well use this one tonight and not worry too much. I'll just send it back when I get the chance.

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by CageCunt
unlucky mate, although IBM hard drives are known for reliability, or at least that's what i've heard :\

Actually known for there speed....reliability of IBM HDs is a joke

 

[Wij]

Hmm, it worked fine again throughout a long DAoC sesh last night :uhoh:

 

[old.©h®°n°]

i memba meh old 13 gig one and that died and i lost everything on it, bout 10 gig's o'stuff i always use.
Mind u, i jus went round me m8's who has DSL and got a lot of it back.

The fucked one now resides on my desktop in pieces acting as a very expensive ashtray