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Replacing it would be smart. No sense in doing an upgrade with the possibility of the hard drive going south at any time. I'd recommend a zero fill and thorough diagnostic at the very least with Powermax/Maxblast. Maxtor's utilities work on Quantum drives. If you replace the drive, be aware of bios size limitations on machines that age - it's very likely 32 gigs.
I pulled a noisy 20 gig Fireball out of a customer's machine about 6 months ago - we just didn't trust it. I zeroed it and stuck it in my box as strictly a backup drive - it's still working but sounds awful. If it dies, no loss. I would not trust it with primary data.
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