-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Some enclosures also do not do a good job keeping the drives cool. Sometimes I do not use the external shell.
As an aside, Seagates have been good to me. Mark Carlson wrote: > On 9/24/07, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> It looks like the Sampsung 80GB HD I was using in my Vantec Nexstar 3 USB >> enclosure is dead. Can anyone suggest a good replacement? Or, just as >> useful, do you know of any brands to avoid? > > Generally, Seagates are good for desktop drives. Not so sure how they > like being in USB enclosures though... > > Also, are you sure it's the drive and not the enclosure? The > controller boards in some enclosures can be unreliable. > > -Mark C. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG+EfgwRXgH3rKGfMRAvZTAJ48Nl24r/d5lSZ+jCI46Wgjc+d59wCfVWnR WNPfYHS/J2/lWsZdRxrAWYQ= =Fhl2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
