Well not quite bye-bye/dead yet, but started making a 'grinding' noise at boot-up which, by the way is not very loud. Also system would freeze/lock-up unexpectedly. So decided to take it out immediately!
Its a 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 SATA bought in March 2005. Mainly had music, videos & backup of C: on it. Transfered most to a 40GB PATA HD I had spare & the rest onto CD-Rs, DVD±Rs & DVD±RWs.
Only other issue it had is that SpeedFan's S.M.A.R.T. reported that the 'Power Cycle Count' was high & needed to be watched
Hopefully get one of those 7200.10s on payday
Its a 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 SATA bought in March 2005. Mainly had music, videos & backup of C: on it. Transfered most to a 40GB PATA HD I had spare & the rest onto CD-Rs, DVD±Rs & DVD±RWs.
Only other issue it had is that SpeedFan's S.M.A.R.T. reported that the 'Power Cycle Count' was high & needed to be watched
Hopefully get one of those 7200.10s on payday
