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I know nothing about the particular hard disk you mention--but I have
bought a number of IBM drives over the years and with just one exception
found them to be very reliable, solid and generally wonderful drives. I'd
say that IBM is now one of the premium hard drive makers. (They weren't
always, but they did originate the category and have never been far from
the top in quality--and recently they also are among the least expensive.
Yeah!)
The one IBM drive that gave me a problem was basically dead on arrival.
Well, almost dead. When I found out that I couldn't format it (after a
painfully slow partitioning), I realized that there was a serious hardware
problem--so I just returned it to the store and got another one of the same
model. That one is, as all the other IBM drives I've ever had, just fine.
John
At 04:04 AM 4/23/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Let it ne'er be said that the Screwdriver List was allowed to disband due
>to lack of input from its members! I have a question.
>I bought an IBM DTLA-307045 40 Gig hard drive a few months ago from a
>computer fair. I am now trying to get another identical one so that I can
>kick up the RAID feature of my motherboard and achieve some more speed.
>The problem is, I cannot find a website that carries this particular hard
>disk (even the IBM homepage apologizes for being out of them), and going to
>Google, I notice a lot of negative feedback about it being slow in certain
>environs. Can any member shed some light on whether there is an inherent
>flaw in this hard drive, so that I look elsewhere? In which case I will
>have to junk it and buy two more hard drives. In the alternative, can
>someone direct me to a site which carries this particular hard drive? In
>the experience of the members, is there a ladder one can put the various
>brands of hard drives, from the best to the worst?
>Thanks.
>
>Maheep Singh
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John M. Goodman, Ph.D., author of "Peter Norton's Inside the PC," Seventh
Edition (Sams 1997, ISBN 0-672-31041-4), and Eighth Edition (Sams 1999,
ISBN 0-672-31532-7).
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