Swapped out hard drive now what ...

Hey everyone I took my 20gb out of my PB G3 Lombard and put it into my iBook 500 and it worked for a while then got VERY hot , way hotter than the old drive in it which was the original 10 GB . It then started to lock up after about a couple of weeks of use . It got worst and I tried to reinstall the OS and it got to almost the end and stopped , you could tap the left palmrest ( were the hard drive is ) and it would go for a sec or two and then stop , tap again then then would stop again until finally it wouldn't budge . I took the original and put it back in and put the 20GB and put it back in my Lombard, tapped it and it started and finished the install and has been running cool and fine ever since . Please, I want to replace the hard drive but not have this happen again . The 20 was a PATA Travelstar . Any guess as to what went wrong ?

I should add that I really like people keeping older hardware performing useful tasks. Heck I still boot up my 1986 MacPlus every so often and use a mid 90's mac as an email server much of the time. But I don't think this drive is worth spending time on. Too small and showing very serious signs of wear and tear. It is simply not worth the trouble or the risk. I can pretty much guarantee it will let you down within the next few months if you use it in any important role.
Cheers
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