On Wednesday 15 December 2004 12:59 am, Katzy wrote: > OK, so here's me eating my words... > > Some time in the not-to-distant-past I commented on how my 20 Gig IBM > DeskStar was doing great after 3 years, 2 Macs and several OSes... > > Recently it's taken to squeaking. Yes, squeaking. At random intervals-- > usually involving heavy disk-thrashing-- it kind of goes, > "Click-eep"... Or sometimes, "tok-tok-tok-eep-click".
OK Katzy...this is precisely what I have been experiencing with my 20GB 5400RPM DeathStar in my Linux "daily drive" box. To quote Woody Allen, "what we have here is a dead shark." I bought a Seagate 120GB drive to replace it, but with papers due, and all the crap you go through during the final few weeks of a given College semester, I haven't been able to give this machine long enough downtime to fix it. Back your drive up and replace it. Seagate gives a 5 year warrantee on their hard drives now...I think that says something about their confidence in the quality of their hard drives. If not, you get replacements within a 5 year lifespan. I'll also have to back Kyle on this: one needs to look at a hard drive as ultimately being a fungible commodity, like a inkjet or a toner cartridge or something like that. They have finite lifespans. 3-5 years is pretty good for a hard drive. It's depressing, but a fact of life in regards to hard drives. -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
