OS drive Failing

[Justintoxicated]

So today windows notified me (and bios) that my OS drive is on the brink of failure (Second time this raptor 160 will have died.

I have my computer backed up to WHS for now, however I'm not sure what to do.

I was really hoping to wait it out a bit more and for solid state prices to drop. 80GB is not going to be enough space for me. So I would need to get the 160GB version.

Would it make more sense to just buy this? And short stroke? Or have WD stroked me enough?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322

Or should I splurge and go for the 160GB. It sure would make more sense to get it for my laptop over the PC other than the fact that my PC drive is dying

For now the drive is working fine, but SMART is failing in WD diagnostics, BIOS and Vista.

Bad 160 GB raptor again? It died a month after I first got it, so I ended up with a reburb drive for the price of a brand new raptor... And now this... Kinda feed up with that!

 

[[LYL]Homer]

I'd suggest getting a placeholder drive until the 160gb SSD's come down in price in a couple of months.

Something like a WD6401AALS, or even a WD GP drive if you can use it as storage later on. Tough it out for a couple of months and that SSD will seem even faster.

Alternatively, consider something other than an Intel SSD.

 

[Justintoxicated]

I think I will just RMA the drive again then. I also considered short stroking the raptor 300 (down to 150GB because thats the amount of space I need to use WHS to do a restore). I guess I can do the cross-shipping option.

 

[Justintoxicated]

I got the replacement Raptor

This one does not appear to be a refurb as it was built last month on the 24th

I probably should ave just sold it o something but hey.

3rd times the charm right?

1) first time the new drive only lasted 2 weeks went bad and I have been running a refurb ever since. 4 years later that one goes bad so now I have a brand new Raptor. A new raptor finaly at last! Only took 4 years to get one lol.