On 5/18/07, roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 15:18 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Oops! My bad. It's not an IBM. Its a WD2500 Cavaliar.
> WD2500JB-00EVA0 dated 16 Dec 2003.
> Anybody have one of those I can trade?
> --
> Allen
If it's WD, you might as well toss it. They were good for awhile until
they apparently started having them made with either an overseas parts,
or it was an engineering defect.
+1
Several years ago, I started buying Seagate instead... WD is very testy
with weather (hot & cold). My seagate external drive survived -10F to
+150F... plus survived east to west US coast drives (ie. >8,000ft to <
slightly below sea level). Including teh fact it also operated in +110%
humidity below 0F.
I've had a bad attitude about Seagate quality since the days of DR DOS
and 4DOS. But I haven't given them another chance since then. I have
had no problems with Maxtor's drives whatsoever. The only reason I
ever replaced them was the need for higher capacity and speed. IIRC,
what was my first Maxtor is still running on my step-daughter's
formerly Windows 98 machine (now MEPIS). I was concerned when Seagate
absorbed Maxtor a month or two back. But maybe I should read that as
them agreeing with you that Seagate's quality is acceptable these
days. :-)
Best regards,
Marbux
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