I bought four 80 gig IBM Deskstars a couple of years ago and *all* of them died within 12 months.
I still have working Seagate drives five years after purchasing them.
These days i buy Maxtor - very quiet and (so far) reliable.
And yes, all the IBM's started clicking just before they died. I managed to salvage the data on one by putting it in a ziplock bag in the freezer overnight. It worked for another 2 hours and then clicked out.
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I still have working Seagate drives five years after purchasing them.
These days i buy Maxtor - very quiet and (so far) reliable. And yes, all the IBM's started clicking just before they died. I managed to salvage the data on one by putting it in a ziplock bag in the freezer overnight. It worked for another 2 hours and then clicked out.
Go figure ; )