21 Aug
2007
21 Aug
'07
9:09 a.m.
On Monday 20 August 2007 18:04, Tony Duell wrote:
I got alignment disks way back when for 5.25" drives, but never got a hold of
one for the 3.5" form factor, nor 8"...
Are these even still available anywhere?
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Not in my
experience, but it seems that a fair number of drives are.
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had bad luck with some brands, and try to stay away from them,
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one Alps that let the magic smoke out on first powerup, and assorted
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and some others. If I can, I prefer Sony, they seem a bit more
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though there are no doubt some others. Got a whole box of drives around
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I've had a lot of success with Teac drives. Of course I also like the
full-height Sony's (600 rpm spindles), but that's becuase I'm an HP
enthusiast...
The less said about 'generic' drives the better. I've had some come from
the factory that were _wildly_ out of elignment (I don't mean on the edge
when you stick a CE disk in, I mean way out!). Oh they probably read
their own disk fine, but I wouldn't think you could interchange disks
with anohter drive.
I learnt the hard way to stick an alignment disk in every drive I bought
and see just how good it is...