23 Nov
2002
23 Nov
'02
9:07 a.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I have a 60GB IBM hard drive (can't get at the
model number and don't
want to power down to do so right now).
Try googling for "IBM Deathstar"
(that is NOT a typo). The Deskstars are
notorious for poor reliability.
Every once in a while I hear it make the most
disconcerting noise. It
sounds like a <chirp> followed by a <ka-clunk> followed by another
<chirp> and then another <ka-klunk>, all in the span of no more than
2 seconds.
IIRC, that's what they do when they start to fail. Get your data
backed up
ASAP. That thing'll be dead in two weeks tops.
Got a CD or DVD recorder and a stack of blank, good quality (Verbatim
DatalifePlus SuperAZO) media?
Later.
--
Phil.
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