My Maxtor ata 133, first models 40gig version just died. It keeps making a clicking noise, and I'm trying to reformat it in Windows 2000 and the formatting takes forever. It doesnt look like it will complete the format, and even if it did, I dont think it will work.
So I think my hard drive died, yesterday I was playing a game of civilization 3 and the HDD Just started clicking and I got a BSOD something about ntfs.sys file and a reboot. And it never booted into windows again.
What is the best HDD on the market now. I want the fastest HDD now on IDE that is 7200rpm since the 10000rpm IDE drives are $$$$ out of my budget. Something under a $100 would be nice. I try looking at this site's reviews, but I have no idea how to read the benchmarks. There are so many benchmarks leaving me to believe that not all of them are reliable?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
So I think my hard drive died, yesterday I was playing a game of civilization 3 and the HDD Just started clicking and I got a BSOD something about ntfs.sys file and a reboot. And it never booted into windows again.
What is the best HDD on the market now. I want the fastest HDD now on IDE that is 7200rpm since the 10000rpm IDE drives are $$$$ out of my budget. Something under a $100 would be nice. I try looking at this site's reviews, but I have no idea how to read the benchmarks. There are so many benchmarks leaving me to believe that not all of them are reliable?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.