Google "Hitachi Deathstar."  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Deskstar

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On 28 Sep 2010, at 20:49, Pants-Happy <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Is it just my faulty memory, or were IBM Travelstar drives prone to
> early failure way-back-when?
> 
> I could have -sworn- Travelstars were problem-plagued drives, but
> can't seem to find anything online to support this.  I'm fairly
> positive that the Deskstar HDs of the time (~turn of the century) were
> pretty horrendous, but maybe the Travelstars were fairly angst-free
> and I just have the two somewhat similar names confused in my tiny
> little mind?
> 
> Perhaps it was only the early IBM-branded Travelstars that gave
> trouble, and the reliability improved when Hitachi took over
> Travelstar production?  I'm afraid I'm drawing a blank here...
> 
> Would someone be kind enough to set me straight?
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> James Fraser
> 
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