On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 07:42PM, Matt Emson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If you still have the drives, have a look at the seagate site to see if >they're still under waranty. IIRC seagate are pretty good about htat kind of >thing. Unlikely. Most are '97 or '98 models. >Seagate IDE drives are pretty bad too - I had a 2GB and a 10GB die on me >with in 2 years of each other. In the big push to increase size around 1998 to 2001 many major drive manufacturers suffered reduced reliability as they concentrated more on size than speed & reliability. Maxtor, Seagate and IBM all produiced various batches of bad drives along the way, the IDE ones are more prone to failure as they are cheaper. I think my SCSI drives just wore out. -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
