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OT: Harddisk are dieing so quick recently...

Larr

OT: Harddisk are dieing so quick recently...

by Larr » Sun, 27 Jun 2004 23:29:13

I have two Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB SATA's in my machine.  So far, so
good.

Also have one of the mentioned 80GB WD Special Editions, as well as a Maxtor
80GB in there.  All are fine.

My old Maxtor's in my server (20GB, 30GB, two 40GB and a 60GB) have been
running for years, 24/7, and only one of the 40's has gone bad.

-Larry


> So,
> this rules out WD as choice for the next drive.
> Anybody has recent experience with Seagate?

> JensSchumi


> >>Hey its funny you should say that,i have had 3 Maxtor ones go inside a
year
> >>all 120GB items after 5 years of none going at all and swearing by
Maxtor.
> >>I agree something has definitely changed

> >I've lost 3 drive, all Western Digital.  The most recent was a 120GB last
year.
> > My current drives(120gb and 160gb) are Maxtors.
> >Roll the dice, I guess...

> >Eldred

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Goy Larse

OT: Harddisk are dieing so quick recently...

by Goy Larse » Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:33:03


> So,
> this rules out WD as choice for the next drive.
> Anybody has recent experience with Seagate?

That's what I use/sell whenever I can get my hands on them, both for
sale over the counter and in the PC's I build

I have relatively few warranty claims on them, they're reasonably fast,
reasonably priced and dead quiet

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

Larr

OT: Harddisk are dieing so quick recently...

by Larr » Sat, 03 Jul 2004 03:35:01

There _was_ a time you couldn't GIVE me a WD drive.

-Larry



> > So,
> > this rules out WD as choice for the next drive.
> > Anybody has recent experience with Seagate?

> That's what I use/sell whenever I can get my hands on them, both for
> sale over the counter and in the PC's I build

> I have relatively few warranty claims on them, they're reasonably fast,
> reasonably priced and dead quiet

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"

> http://www.theuspits.com

> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--

Goy Larse

OT: Harddisk are dieing so quick recently...

by Goy Larse » Sun, 04 Jul 2004 06:17:15


> There _was_ a time you couldn't GIVE me a WD drive.

WD is my backup choice but the warranty claims are currently much higher
on them than on Seagates, but my shop is prolly too small to give an
accurate statistical comparison, it's an indication though

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

fredrickso

OT: Harddisk are dieing so quick recently...

by fredrickso » Sun, 04 Jul 2004 06:34:51


> > There _was_ a time you couldn't GIVE me a WD drive.

> WD is my backup choice but the warranty claims are currently much higher
> on them than on Seagates, but my shop is prolly too small to give an
> accurate statistical comparison, it's an indication though

Dont you sell more WD's than Seagates?
Goy Larse

OT: Harddisk are dieing so quick recently...

by Goy Larse » Sun, 04 Jul 2004 07:19:18



> > > There _was_ a time you couldn't GIVE me a WD drive.

> > WD is my backup choice but the warranty claims are currently much higher
> > on them than on Seagates, but my shop is prolly too small to give an
> > accurate statistical comparison, it's an indication though

> Dont you sell more WD's than Seagates?

Nope, I only sell WD's when I can't get Seagates or when people want
drives bigger than 200 GB

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--


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