Ditto. I have a 20G WD Caviar Drive and it has been working fine for about 1.5 years. Mostly on all the time, not 24/7 and I don't recompile the universe every day on it. No problems for casual storage. Maybe you had bad luck Foo :)
-Ricardo Joel Baumert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed the HD in a machine that is up 24/7 and I haven't had any > problems yet... I also haven't seen my $100 :-). They still have another > four weeks. > > Joel > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 12:11:46PM -0800, Foo Lim wrote: > > Ok, WD HDs suck!! A few weeks ago, I complained about a clicking Western > > Digital HD, which was replaced by WD. I put it in a new machine with low > > usage, and the new one is freaking out also! It hasn't even been used for > > more than a few weeks! I do have it on 24/7, but it should be able to > > handle it. My advice: skip WD. > > > > FL
