--- You wrote: I've been seeing all of these postings regarding various hard drive > failures > and I just wanted to check.... I've been using computers since 1984 > and > have never had a hard drive fail on me.. --- end of quote --- I've seen a few. Worst was recently when I dropped my Firewire enclosure, a wire just yanked it out of my hand. That's a failure all right. Truly trashed the drive, which was full of backups that I didn't need, fortunately. No data loss.
Interesting thing was, I bought a Western Digital 160 meg on sale to replace it and I couldn't get the thing to format, though it worked fine on the ide bus in the computer. Turned it in for a Maxtor 160 like the one I had trashed (much cheaper on sale too) and it worked perfectly. The enclosure was bare when I bought it, so I guess I was lucky to buy a compatible drive in the first place. So I guess there are real issues about drive compatibility out there after all. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
