Any debate on Toshiba v IBM is like Coke v Pepsi. It was in fact
Transinternational who advised the IBM 40GNX was better than the
Toshiba, a view I agreed with after my research fwiw. As for Trans, It
in fact has taken 3 phone calls and a e-mail on 4 different days to get
a RMA from Trans. They then wanted to push me off directly to IBM as
Trans could not guarantee they would have a replacement drive "on hand"
when mine arrived. We worked it out today but rather bumpy RMA ride I
would say.
If I were sending either of my kids pismos drives in it would not be a
big deal about wiping the drive. You may not care if others share your
data, I do. However, to make such a impudent remark as in your post
below, referring to someone who is asking a question as "paranoid" is
boorish and takes away some of the good work you accomplish here. Do
not let the titles go to your head or effect honest questions. Your
comments can dissuade people who may have a question or an answer but
are concerned they maybe belittled, be it right or wrong in your view.
Some of the best replies to questions I have had come off list, just
for these reasons, sad. This is a living breathing community one that
can only grow if the attitudes are open and friendly, not littered with
remarks that rebuke a question be it simple or complicated. Again
thanks to all of you who decided to take the time to explain and show
me the options available. I learned a lot.
Geoff
On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 21:11 US/Alaska, Obi-Wan wrote:
> On 11/20/02 9:56 PM, "Geoffrey Loeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew
> into the
> Cybertrough:
>
>> This thread has been very interesting, and I thank all who have
>> helped. So really there is no way to safely protect the information I
>> have on this month old drive. It holds multiple online bank account
>> numbers, passwords, 3 stock accounts, passwords and similar personal
>> Maybe TransIntl deals in poor products, this was my 1st buy from them
>> and they have brushed me off with 2 phone calls and 1 e-mail saying
>> the
>> right person is not there to handle the RMA. Now it seems the only
>> protection is to eat the drive cost to protect the data.
>> The zeroing 7 times sounds good but how hard would that be to break??
>> Thanks again for all the help
>
> Transinternational is a fantastic company. I always use them for
> drives.
> IBM drives IMHO stink...almost as bad as Western Digital. I only use
> Maxtor
> in Desktop machines, and Toshiba in laptops.
>
> IMHO you are being paranoid. Just send the drive to them and be done
> with
> it. They are insured and reputable...if not bonded. No one will try
> to
> recover your data.
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