Kurt Kehler wrote:
>
> On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 00:46:59 -0400, Woody wrote:
>
> >Well since I am a Computer Tech, I have seen HD's come and go...trust me
> >when I tell you...Seagate is the only way to go. Sure they are higher, but
> >they are worth it. Second would be Western Digital and third, maybe a
> >Maxtor. (I just replaced a Maxtor two days ago...:) ) But anyway you look
> >at it, people are gonna tell you different. I'm just tellin' ya what I
> >have seen...
>
> Woody,
>
> I've been told that it is not good to mix HD's by different
> manufacturer's, so that, if your only HD is BrandX, your second HD
> should also be a BrandX. Is there anything to this? Maybe it only
> applies to Windows?
Don't know about windows but I have a Maxtor 1.2gig and a Quantum
Fireball 2.5gig and no problems. I have win95 and linux on the Quantum
and use the Maxtor for various experimental stuff; I have NT server
there now. I use the NT boot manager to boot everything, no problems.
