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> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] More Laptop Woes
> From: "Quentin Hartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, May 21, 2007 3:19 pm
> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]>
>
> If it doesn't work in a known good USB enclosure, it's almost
> definitely two
> bad drives. Id' definitely RMA it if it's under warranty. The question
> then
> becomes, why did they fail? Maybe you just got unlucky, that's
> certainly not
> unheard of. Maybe your friend mistreats his equipment (unintentionally or
> not) and he killed them. Maybe the Dell has a design flaw and cooked the
> drives. Maybe your friend likes to use his laptop in bed or on the couch,
> and unwittingly sets it on a soft surface that blocks a cooling vent, and
> cooked the drives.
>
> Unforutnately, without more information, it's hard to make a
> recommendation.
> What make / model is the newer drive? Maybe it has known problems.
> Personally, I recommend Seagate drives in most cases. They are at
> least as
> reliable as other makes, and every one of them carries a 5 year warranty.
>
The second drive was a WD Scorpio 60G, I don't remember what the first
one was.
I don't know whether he or his kids misused it, that's certainly a
possibility.
Thanks for the opinions, everyone.
J. Toman
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