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Bizrate User Review.
Cheap Quality, Stay Away
QuickTake:
Pros: None
Cons: Just Stopped Working
Has Owned Product: 3 Month(s)
Bizrate User Review.
sudden death
Comments:
My travelstar was a replacement for a not spacious enough Fuijitsu drive in my Dell Notebook. Although it wasn't used very often, I estimate the total use less than 100 hrs, it suddenly died.
My travelstar was a replacement for a not spacious enough Fuijitsu drive in my Dell Notebook. Although it wasn't used very often, I estimate the total use less than 100 hrs, it suddenly died.
QuickTake:
Pros: performed well
Cons: till it died suddenly
Has Owned Product: 2 Year(s)
Bizrate User Review.
Only 2 years of use
Comments:
The other review was spot on...ours lasted only just over 2 years. I won't be purchasing an IBM for a replacement.
The other review was spot on...ours lasted only just over 2 years. I won't be purchasing an IBM for a replacement.
QuickTake:
Pros: Reliable UNTIL it died
Cons: Short life span
Has Owned Product: 2 Year(s)
Bizrate User Review.
2 Drives have died in 4 years
Comments:
Unless a two-year life expectancy is normal for laptop harddrives, Avoid this one.
Unless a two-year life expectancy is normal for laptop harddrives, Avoid this one.
QuickTake:
Pros: Good performance
Cons: Bad life-span
Has Owned Product: 4 Year(s)
Bizrate User Review.
Very bad hard drive.
Comments:
It stinks!! It came in our HP laptop and had a 12 month warranty. 13 months and 1 day after the purchase it DIED a quick death, no time to save anything! It started with a slight clicking and in less than 2 minutes it locked up and never cranked again.
Needless to say we did NOT replace it with an IBM.
It stinks!! It came in our HP laptop and had a 12 month warranty. 13 months and 1 day after the purchase it DIED a quick death, no time to save anything! It started with a slight clicking and in less than 2 minutes it locked up and never cranked again.
Needless to say we did NOT replace it with an IBM.
QuickTake:
Pros: It came in my laptop.
Cons: It died 41 days after the warranty went out.
Has Owned Product: 12 Month(s)
Bizrate User Review.
Good enough for me.
Comments:
I bought one of these little babies when they first came out, and I can't find anything to complain about, so I guess I'll have to rate it Excellent, right? =)
I'm using this drive in a barebone system with a 2.5 to 3.5 standard IDE converter.
I bought one of these little babies when they first came out, and I can't find anything to complain about, so I guess I'll have to rate it Excellent, right? =)
I'm using this drive in a barebone system with a 2.5 to 3.5 standard IDE converter.
QuickTake:
Pros: N/A
Cons: N/A
Recommended: Yes
Has Owned Product: 3 Year(s)
alaTest.co.uk Professional Review.
Review summary of IBM TravelStar 20 GB Hard Drive
Comments:
alaTest collected and analysed 0 reviews of IBM TravelStar 20 GB Hard Drive from international magazines and websites and compared these to 23250 reviews for other Hard Drives....
alaTest collected and analysed 0 reviews of IBM TravelStar 20 GB Hard Drive from international magazines and websites and compared these to 23250 reviews for other Hard Drives....
Review Verdict:
No score.The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™. ...
No score.The amount of rated reviews for this product is too low to calculate a reliable alaScore™. ...
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During the past 10 years using laptops I never had a hard drive die out on me. This one did, 3 months after I bought the laptop. I'm very disappointed. I would check if I have warranty, but I really don't want to get another unreliable hard drive. The cost in data loss is much greater than the extra 20 bucks you pay for another brand.