An IBM 16gig hard drive I purchased in 1999 is still going strong, like the day I got it. The 80mb hd's in several Compact Macs that I've aquired over the past 2 years have run super, no problems at all. On the other hand, I know several people who own Gateway computers (ehhwwwwww!) and they each have been through at least 3 hard drives each in the same time period. Depends on the manufacturer, temp of the room the computer is in, airflow in the chassis and other variables. And don't buy from Gateway :-) . "Hey, not only do you have to run Windows, but we're putting it on an ultra-cheap hard drive so you can re-install 5 months from now!" WOW--Where do I sign up???? :-) ................................Mike T. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 2:38 PM Subject: Re: Multiple ? on HD Drivers
> At 10:01 AM -0400 05/30/2003, Michael Shaw wrote: > > > >Hard drives almost NEVER die, and if you've aleady had one new drive croak the > >odds of having another one die in exactly the same thing are negligable. > > ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! > Thanks, I needed that. > > My housemate got three DOAs in a row from CompUSA last year. > > Heck, I've gotten entire crates of hard drives - all DOA. > > Then there's the drives we've killed because the computer room was > kept at 90 degrees plus for months at a time... (Union issues). > > And I survived The Great DuPont Glue Debacle on the 80s... DuPont > was the only manufacturer of the glue used to stick platters to the > separater rings in those days. They whipped up some contaminated goo > and sold it to almost all of the US drive manufacturers! You spin > 'em up, and after a hundred+ hours or so the glue started sloughing > flakes. Ahhh, nothing like the scream of a hard drive crashing - you > can hear it clear across the machine room. It's worse than > fingernails on a chalk board! Keep in mind too, back in those days, > drives cost from $20,000 to $80,000! We had a dozen go bad within a > month... And until they figured out it was a glue problem, Field > Service was blaming us! > > But closer to home... Drives *DO* go bad. SCSI drives are designed > for a longer spin life than IDEs, but they're ment to be spun up/down > less frequently. Between people that can't be bothered to ground > themselves properly, rough handling, and daily shutdown/spinup, I'm > often amazed HDs last as long as they do. > > ...The above is my hint reminding you to KEEP GOOD BACKUPS! :) > > - Dan. > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
