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3 stars
as paperweight or a doorstop this has my vote
by Red_Leatherman on January 23, 2007
Pros: Realy kewl with the cover off, inside the atx side window
Cons: cost more than most paperweights or rocks
Summary: A few years have already passed since my Deathstar, but recently 2 showed up while fixing pc's for close family members, like thanksgining at Aunt Bertha's who realy ...
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Summary: A few years have already passed since my Deathstar, but recently 2 showed up while fixing pc's for close family members, like thanksgining at Aunt Bertha's who realy isn't any ones aunt nor actualy geneticly female. the mystic skill to swap out parts and install a os has drawn my extended family together.
anyhow after leaving word to have a new or differet drive dropped off I found that the Deathstar worked very nicely after removing it's cover, being carefull not to get fingerprints on the shiny thingy inside then sticking it inside the see through side on my atx case. it effectivly covers some of the horrid web of wires and pc cards I stuffed inside it gleefully before realizing that it was like having a see through door on the underwear drawer, that is in the living room at Aunt Beartha's on thanksgiving day, doing buffett duty holding the ambrosa, sweet potaoe with marshmellows, the cranberrys both ripple side and natural berry with stem, giblet gravey, well you know,
so I hafta give the good ole Deathstar extra points for hiding my pc guts.
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1 stars
These drives are dropping like flies
by on January 12, 2005
Pros: Works well as a paperweight or doorstop. doubles as a weapon.
Cons: If it lasts longer than a year, then consider yourself ahead of most. I have had several of these drives- all of which failed within the first or second year. IBM will send a replacement, but guess what- SAME DRIVE. You would do well to stay away from
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4 stars
good........if they stayed working
by on July 27, 2004
Pros: mine were cheap
Cons: had two, both died with thi clicking sound, first one lasted a year, second one lasted days
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2 stars
Mission critical data? Look elsewhere.
by on June 30, 2004
Pros: Fast, when it's working.
Cons: Dies suddenly, with no warning. IBM utilities are useless. Truly not worth the heartburn it will cause you later.
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3 stars
Click of death
by on August 23, 2003
Pros: Aside from some bad sectors it worked for almost two years
Cons: I got the same clicking death of the hdd that many others have described. At least I got to record the sound to some mp3-files that I can sit and listen to now afterwards to remember my IBM Deskstar
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1 stars
had a bunch of 75GXP's all failed
by on July 18, 2003
Pros: Fast,ATA 100, 7200 RPM speed.Great when working
Cons: very non reliable, crash after a week or so of use, Scratching,grinding,clicking noises, DO NOT use for RAID arrays. I had a IBM deskstar 60GXP, and a couple 75GXP's, all failed to the scratch of death, DFT is no help, low level formatting only hides the
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10 stars
Piece of junkus!
by on March 5, 2003
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Summary: I had two fail in my Macintosh--this drive is now the subject of a class actin lawsuit. Do not buy!
Summary: I had two fail in my Macintosh--this drive is now the subject of a class actin lawsuit. Do not buy!
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4 stars
IBM 75GXP part#DTLA-307075
by on February 28, 2003
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Summary: This drive has a very large failure rate. Some say over 50% of the drive's sold have failed. I have had three such drives and all three have failed. ...
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Summary: This drive has a very large failure rate. Some say over 50% of the drive's sold have failed. I have had three such drives and all three have failed. Causing lose of all your data. See more:http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0%2Caid%2C67608%2C00.asp
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1 stars
FOURTH failure in 1 YEAR!
by on February 20, 2003
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Summary: This is ridiculous... Fourt Drive sent back this year. I have 2 systems. Both run 2 drives each using them as a mirror raid (all 4 drives are 11 months ...
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Summary: This is ridiculous... Fourt Drive sent back this year. I have 2 systems. Both run 2 drives each using them as a mirror raid (all 4 drives are 11 months old each). In all FOUR drives have crashed on me. I FINALLY saw some info about repeat failures on a site and did a search. I ended up here and saw that I was not alone. All I have to say is DO NOT BUY IBM DRIVES or you will regret it!!!!! I guess I will check out SEAGATE!
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2 stars
It WILL die, give it time.
by on February 4, 2003
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Summary: I have an Alienware which came w/ dual Deskstar 75GB drives. The first month I had it, one of the drives developed bad sectors. It failed the "smart" tests, and ...
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Summary: I have an Alienware which came w/ dual Deskstar 75GB drives. The first month I had it, one of the drives developed bad sectors. It failed the "smart" tests, and now, recently in a blaze of screeching and clicking, died. Unfortunately, I put too much trust in IBM and the quality of their drive and did not have the data backed up. Don't make the same mistake I did. All of your important work will be lost if you rely completely on these IBM drives (DTLA-307075). Lost all my work and trust.... 
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