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Offline Rendar

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Class-action lawsuit against IBM (75GXP hard drives)
« on: October 22, 2001, 09:37:00 PM »
http://www.sheller.com/IBM_complaint.pdf

This is for anyone that has a IBM Deskstar 75GXP hard drive.

[ 10-23-2001: Message edited by: Rendar ]

Offline -lynx-

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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2001, 04:00:00 AM »
Hmmmm... I can't praise high enough my 40GB Deskstar. It certainly is the best HD I've ever had. Too many lawyers in California? ;)

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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2001, 10:28:00 AM »
LOL
best hard drive Ive ever had.

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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2001, 11:05:00 AM »
My 45Gigs GXP 75 has been spinning almost a year now without any problems.

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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2001, 11:54:00 AM »
I have not had a single problem with my deskstar hard drive.

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Offline mrsid2

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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2001, 01:49:00 PM »
Bad thing is, when you start noticing problems, you HAVE a problem =)

The fault was reported to be mostly in the large capacity drives with 3 discs. The fact that the drive has an unusually high fault rate doesn't mean ALL drives will fail..

IBM 60 GXP series was pushed to the markets because of the problem with the 75 series.

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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2001, 04:15:00 PM »
I have 2 IBM Deskstars (20 and 40GB)... best drives I've ever had.

You want problems, I can tell you 100 stories about some Quantum Bigfoot drives from a few years ago... every one I knew of failed within a year.  Different computers, different companies, they all went bad.

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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2001, 04:20:00 PM »
Really Soda? I have a quantum Bigfoot still at active use in my old Cx166+ box which I gave to my mother.. 3 years at hard use.. Seems very reliable to me!

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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2001, 04:59:00 PM »
Couple years ago I bought a Seagate Medalist HD. 30days later it was dead...