I can't even remember what year I got this drive, but I bought one of the first 10,000 RPM Western Digital Raptor drives when they came out. Sadly, it just passed away.
They were the SSD of their era, giving a significant loading speed boost, and making a noticeable difference in being the first to load in a multiplayer games. I had got the 36GB version since they were really expensive (kinda like the 128GB versions of the first wave of SSDs). Was good enough to fit several games in its day, but ended up being relegated to storing misc files, since it can't really fit any modern games these days.
Hard drives come and go, but this one seemed to last the longest, let alone always had a special place in my heart. We had been through a lot together, and it will sincerely be missed.
I think I still have an old 40Gb drive from Windows Xp era. I have no idea if it works or not. It should, but I have no place to install it and give it a try right now. I'd like to see what's on it for old time sake.
I had a few bigfoots, all of them died quickly. the circuit board design had a defect that would make them lose connectivity with the platters and reading heads.
I had to stick a piece of folded paper between the hard drive and the CD drive to push the circuit board down and make it work, until I was able to get a new disc.
The one I have still runs..............Miracle ??? (or at least did...) Ok maybe a smoke test :-) edit 1 = smoke test, an old tech expression meaning test the circuit after repair and hope it does not end up in smoke. (LOL)
