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moody ATA100 drive

  • 10-08-2001 2:29pm
    #1
    rowan
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    I've got a 30G IBM75GXP ATA100 drive which is acting funny... I installed win2K on it (no other hdds attached) on a 900Mhz AMD + Chaintech 7AIA5 m/board. Installed ok, then after some unrelated hardware change (I disabled onboard audio) it came up with the error message: "Delayed Write failure - Windows was unable to save all the data for the file c:\winnt\..etc... data has been lost". After a quick freakout and backing up 3Gs of files I realised that no actual data was lost.
    I've used the hd for months as a storage drive (ie., not boot drive) on a second PC with zero probs. The next time I booted up with it (on the first PC) it won't even see the drive in the bios. I change the hd jumper to slave, still doesn't work; I change it to cable select, it _does_ work. I think the problem is I'm swapping the drive around from one machine to another, using it as a boot drive on one and a non-boot drive on the other.
    When the drive doesn't appear in the bios, there's a funny noise coming from the drive itself, 3 ticks in a row, then a pause, then 3 ticks again.
    Sorry for the long-winded message, basically I can get the drive to work eventually, but has anyone else experienced the same error message, + does anyone know the meaning of the 3 ticks noise?

    ta!


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  • #2
    amp
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    My intial gut reaction to ticking noises is a h/w fault within the drive. Used to happen with 8gig Western Digitals a fair bit but IBM drives are usually very reliable.
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  • #3
    Supercell
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    I'd go with amp on this one, ticking drives are usually bad news, you could also try the IBM Drive Fitness Test which should give you a better indication if it is a hardware problem.

    EDIT: Buggered up the link biggrin.gif

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  • #4
    Kegser
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    The clanking sound you're hearing is bad, and indicates the drive is on the way out.

    The platters and heads inside a HDD require a lot of precision to function well; and it's inevitable that most HDDs will die a death at some stage.

    Many times I've seen a drive that during initial spinup just does not want to cooperate, and will not go any further; and then boot perfectly and work away for hours.

    Eventually however it'll completely fry, so get as much of it backed up as possible and get your replacement.


  • #5
    Gerry
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    recently, there was a power surge (I reckon) and I ended up with some bad sectors on my drive, and it made the horrifying ticking sound. Its also an IBM 75GXP. Once I ran scandisk surface scan, the bad sectors were marked bad, it no longer tried to read them. And so the problem went away, unfortunately your problem sounds even worse frown.gif . Try the drive fitness test anyway, it may be able to fix the drive, though this will require a complete format.


  • #6
    d4r3n
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    from what ive read about the IBM 75GXP drives, a lot of people are complaining about ramdom bad sectors on them. im not sure what it is (because i didnt look that far into it) but i think ill stay away from 75GXP, theres been some very good reviews about the 60GXP.


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  • #7
    Supercell
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    Yep I read that about the 75's too, just didn't want to jump to conclusions.
    In fairness, i still think IBM make the best drives, if anyone says Quantum to me these days i say...backup...to make matters worse they were taken over by Maxtor..nuff said..stick with IBM.
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  • #8
    rowan
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    in the meantime the drive has packed up completely, I sent it back to scan, and through a series of extremely complex and tightly controlled testing procedures they confirmed that, yes, its banjaxed and a replacement is on its way. 10Gs of data lost :<
    mental note: back up back up back up

    just want to says thanx for the informative replies...


  • #9
    beaver
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    My previously ticking drives are now ornaments :-(

    If you can possibly get the drive recognised in the BIOS just get all your sheeit off it. I think Quantum do a program call Tiramisu (sp?) which is pretty good for getting data off fuXored drives.

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