Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:27:17 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Desktop hard drives (Warning: minimal [LIB]retto content)
At 09:52 PM 28/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:50:59 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Desktop hard drives (Warning: minimal [LIB]retto content) > >>From: "Lawrence Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >From: "Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > Until now, I've had almost perfect faith in IBM hard drives but > this >> has shaken my faith to its foundations. >> >>I still have two IBM disks on my two desktops. One is the first >>generation 7200 rpm DeskStar 10GB. Still running strong after about 4 >>years and a new 60GXP. Some say 60GXP does not share the problem with >>75GXP. Some say otherwise. Keep my fingers crossed on this one. > >Oh man... I've got a 45GB IBM DeskStar in a system stored out in CA I only >used for a short time before my accident. I don't remember the model. >Raymond, you're saying your 2 75GXP HDDs were 45GB. Doesn't the 75 in >75GXP refer to the size of the HDD being 75GB? I don't remember the exact >model of the DeskStar I bought. I'll have to do a search of my HDD >backups and find out. The 75 is the model number (I think the 75GXPs went from 20 gig right up to 80 gig capacities). >>So, it leaves only two brands, Seagate and Western Digital which >>I >haven't used them for years. > >Heh... Seagate was the first company I bought a HDD from back in '93, and >was also both down the street from where I lived in CA as well as the >first HDD to fail for me! :-0 Though like you say Lawrence, it usually >has more to do with the model than the company. Seagate has been great >otherwise. I'm not too fussed about Seagate ... chances are I'll shout at the store once I've confirmed with IBM's DFT that my drives are dead and demand to get Seagate replacements or something ... - 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 **************************************************************
