8 Mar
2004
8 Mar
'04
4:58 a.m.
In message <3.0.6.32.20040308130534.00848100(a)pop-server.cfl.rr.com>
"Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote:
I worked on a friend's machine this weekend and
found a crapped out 80
Gb WD drive. The BIOS would recognize the drive but when he tried to boot
it said there was no drive attached. My new WD 60 Gb WD drive crapped out
after about 6 weeks on intermitant use. I'm finding out that the WD drives
built in the last couple of years are junk.
I've had trouble with WD drives,
too. Pure cack.
I've never had a Maxtor die completely though - even when my 5T040H4 packed
up, it would still spin up if you held down the RESET button on the PC.
Maxtor sent me a replacement, I copied my data over, then sent them the 40GB.
No fuss at all. I've seen IBM drives die (the 75GXPs) due to the "head gets
stuck to the lubricant" glitch. My 75GXP has had the firmware patch, though,
so I doubt I'll have any trouble with it.
Later.
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