I wonder when my 200 GB WD is going to die....

I've had it about 6 months, and I'm using it as my XFS /video
partition for my recordings. I haven't had any problems (yet).

My next one will be a Seagate.

Josh


On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:53:36 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I just had my second Western Digital Special Edition 200 GB drive die on me.  
> Since I'm using an ASUS Pundit, I figured heat was the culprit, so the second 
> drive had a dual-fan cooler on it.  No such luck.  After about three months 
> of use, performance suddenly degrades, and the journals begin to corrupt.  A 
> few days later, I/O errors crop up, and the drive is pretty much useless.
> 
> Are these drives just not up to the stress of a PVR?  I'm interested in 
> hearing what kind of drives people have had good luck with, as I've about had 
> it with these.  I'll get my third on warranty, but It won't be going back 
> into a myth box.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul
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