Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 23:49:32 -0400 From: "Gennadiy Tsygan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Desktop hard drives (Warning: minimal [LIB]retto content)
I suffered with Deskstar 75, some older WD and Fujitsu drives. Still, I think that reliability varies model to model, not brand to brand- may be excluding some less known vendors like Samsung. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 10:23 PM Subject: Desktop hard drives (Warning: minimal [LIB]retto content) > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 10:19:56 +0800 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Desktop hard drives (Warning: minimal [LIB]retto content) > > Hi all! > > OK this has minimal libretto content but I'm getting desperate and you lot > seem pretty smart ... so here goes. > > I've been caught not once, not twice but 4 times by the infamous IBM > DeskStar 75GXP bug. I had 2 30 gig drives die on me, sent them away, almost > 3 months later I got 2 45 gig 75GXP drives back from IBM which have now, > barely 3 months on, died of the same cause (indicated 3 or 4 loud rasping > sounds followed by silence then a few more times then the computer locking > solid when accessing certain parts of the hard drive). > > Until now, I've had almost perfect faith in IBM hard drives but this has > shaken my faith to its foundations. What are you people's recommendations > regarding IDE drives from other manufacturers that are dependable and > relatively quick, based on your experiences? I'm looking for > recommendations for 7200RPM ATA100 or better hard drives in the 40-60GB > range. I'd also be interested in experiences with companies that give > pretty good warranty service (ie. it doesn't take them 3 months to replace > a pair of hard drives!). > > > - Raymond > > --- > > > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ > | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | > | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | > | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| > | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | > | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | > \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
