My unhappiness with seagate's australian distributor's support isn't a case to brag about (on a few occassion) - so I decided to stay away from Seagate altogether. No problems so far with WD & Maxtor.
Did someone say 1 yr warranty on HD ?? I must have been in wilderness way too long !! ::>-----Original Message----- ::>From: Tom [mailto:hyperbola@;optusnet.com.au] ::>Sent: Monday, 28 October 2002 1:59 PM ::>To: Paul L Daniels ::>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::>Subject: Re: [SLUG] hard drive choices ::> ::> ::>im seeing a lot of physical failures. ::>many broken heads, particularly on the seagate drives i have used. ::>i rang up seagate personally and they denied they had a ::>problem with the ::>drives and it must have been the circumstances i was using ::>the drive in. ::> ::>Tom ::> ::>"Either you think, or else others have to think for you and ::>take power from ::>you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize ::>and sterilize ::>you." ::>-F. Scott Fitzgerald- ::> ::> ::>----- Original Message ----- ::>From: "Paul L Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ::>To: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ::>Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ::>Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:43 PM ::>Subject: Re: [SLUG] hard drive choices ::> ::> ::>> We basically seem to all come down to the same thing... ::>there's a high ::>level of 'unreliability' involved in modern hard drives. ::>The next logical ::>question is to ask, what is the form of the failures? ::>> ::>> Anyone give some opinions? Are we seeing an increase in ::>IDE controller ::>failures ( on HDD ) or physical defect failures (ie, broken ::>heads, stiff ::>armatures ? ::>> ::>> ::>> Regards. ::>> ::>> ::>> -- ::>> Paul L Daniels http://www.pldaniels.com ::>> Linux/Unix systems Internet Development ::>> ICQ#103642862,AOL:cinflex,IRC:inflex ::>> A.B.N. 19 500 721 806 ::>> -- ::>> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ ::>> More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug ::>> ::> ::>-- ::>SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ ::>More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug ::> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
