<s>
The	O
Deskstar	B-Device
was	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
product	O
line	O
of	O
computer	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
line	O
was	O
continued	O
by	O
Hitachi	O
when	O
in	O
2003	O
it	O
bought	O
IBM	O
's	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
division	O
and	O
renamed	O
it	O
Hitachi	O
Global	O
Storage	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Hitachi	O
sold	O
the	O
division	O
to	O
Western	O
Digital	O
who	O
continued	O
the	O
drive	O
product	O
line	O
brand	O
as	O
HGST	B-Device
Deskstar	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Deskstar	B-Device
product	O
produced	O
by	O
IBM	O
was	O
the	O
DALA-3540	O
;	O
the	O
last	O
was	O
the	O
180GXP	O
HGST	O
continued	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
selling	O
the	O
Deskstar	B-Device
120GXP	O
and	O
Deskstar	B-Device
180GXP	O
under	O
the	O
HGST	O
brand	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
and	O
selling	O
new	O
models	O
thereafter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unreliable	B-Device
IBM	B-Device
Deskstar	I-Device
75GXP	B-Device
product	O
became	O
notorious	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Deathstar	B-Operating_System
"	O
(	O
only	O
one	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
twenty	O
IBM	O
products	O
in	O
the	O
Deskstar	B-Device
family	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
list	O
of	O
Deskstar	B-Device
models	O
,	O
including	O
all	O
those	O
manufactured	O
by	O
IBM	O
and	O
HGST	O
while	O
under	O
Hitachi	O
's	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
Deskstar	I-Device
75GXP	B-Device
(	O
six	O
models	O
ranging	O
in	O
capacity	O
from	O
15	O
to	O
75	O
GB	O
)	O
became	O
infamous	O
circa	O
2001	O
for	O
their	O
reportedly	O
high	O
failure	O
rates	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
drives	O
being	O
colloquially	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
Deathstar	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
the	O
simultaneously	O
announced	O
IBM	B-Device
Deskstar	I-Device
40GV	O
,	O
a	O
5400	O
RPM	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
7200	O
RPM	O
75GXP	B-Device
,	O
did	O
not	O
suffer	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
reported	O
high	O
failure	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
failures	O
being	O
reported	O
within	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
warranty	O
period	O
of	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
Michael	O
T	O
.	O
Granito	O
,	O
Jr.	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
user	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
75GXP	B-Device
hard	B-Device
drives	I-Device
,	O
filed	O
a	O
class-action	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
IBM	O
on	O
16	O
October	O
2001	O
for	O
defects	O
in	O
the	O
product	O
causing	O
it	O
to	O
"	O
crash	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
both	O
of	O
the	O
drives	O
he	O
had	O
bought	O
having	O
failed	O
within	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
admitting	O
responsibility	O
,	O
they	O
settled	O
this	O
lawsuit	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
agreeing	O
to	O
pay	O
$100	O
to	O
every	O
user	O
whose	O
Deskstar	B-Device
75GXP	B-Device
drives	O
had	O
failed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
settlement	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
following	O
family	O
of	O
IBM	B-Device
Deskstar	I-Device
75GXP	B-Device
HDD	O
models	O
:	O
DTLA	O
307-015	O
;	O
DTLA	O
307-020	O
;	O
DTLA	O
307-030	O
;	O
DTLA	O
307-045	O
;	O
DTLA	O
307-060	O
;	O
DTLA	O
307-075	O
;	O
the	O
Deskstar	B-Device
40GV	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
litigation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
drives	O
were	O
known	O
for	O
an	O
unusually	O
high	O
rate	O
of	O
head	O
crashes	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
magnetic	O
coating	O
soon	O
beginning	O
to	O
loosen	O
and	O
sprinkle	O
off	O
from	O
the	O
platters	O
,	O
creating	O
dust	O
in	O
the	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
array	O
and	O
leading	O
to	O
crashes	O
over	O
large	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
platters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
two	O
technologies	O
,	O
GMR	B-General_Concept
(	O
Giant	O
Magneto-Resistive	O
)	O
heads	O
on	O
3.5-inch	O
glass	O
platters	O
,	O
are	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
largely	O
to	O
blame	O
for	O
the	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
filing	O
of	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
IBM	O
unveiled	O
the	O
Deskstar	B-Device
120GXP	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Travelstar	B-Device
60GH	O
and	O
40GN	O
on	O
November	O
7	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deskstar	B-Device
documentation	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
show	O
that	O
the	O
drives	O
had	O
been	O
rated	O
to	O
333	O
power-on	O
hours	O
per	O
month	O
(	O
45	O
percent	O
)	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
speculation	O
that	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
.	O
</s>
