I like and use aMaxtor 8.4 gig HD...and I like it... no problems...on installing/useing it under 7.02 mandrake by the way, anyone interested in buying off me.... Netscapes Enterprise Server v 3.51 it costs about 3000.00...I got it where I work: www.cmgi.com one of the altavista software developement people gave it to me...it's not registered...yet? I'll sell it for 200.00 Adrian Smith wrote: > > Hi Roman. > > i can only offer an opinion on your first question -- assuming i understand you >correctly. do you mean most perferable as in manufactuer? > > i have used maxtor, sea gate and western digital drives over the time i have been >working in electronics and can't honestly say i have seen much difference. i have >only seen 2 hard drives actually crash & burn in my life. but, for my computer at >home, i only buy maxtor. i have been thru 6 maxtor hard drives. one of them, a 540M >(yes M) from the old days finally crashed & burned. it started to lose data >randomly. i saw the writing on the wall & replaced it. i have -- maxtor flavor -- >two 170M and one 250M -- all older than the 540M and all still work just fine. >currently i'm using a 16G and 30G maxtor in my system. i also recomend maxtor to all >my friends. and i don't recomend many products. > > but as i say, just my opinion. i have no science or statistics to back any of this >up. > =) > > Adrian Smith > 'de telepone dude > Telecom Dept. > x 7042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5:24:02 PM 11/1/00 >>> > Hi everybody, > > I have three questions for every one: > > Q1. > What would be the most preferable hard drive to install in your computer > or does it matter? > > Q2. > I tried to install mdk7.1 and the IDE configuration froze. However, when > I tried to install Redhat 6.1, it started to install but it did > indicated that the partition table on hdd may be corrupt. I have Windows > 98SE installed on the Fujitsu drive on the first partition. I used > Partition Magic to create a separate partition yet it still freezes. > I am also using an Iomega zip drive 100MB. Should I disconnect it? > > Q3. > Should I only format the Fujitsu drive using MSDOS and install Linux > only? Some of my applications will not run on Linux. > I'm out of ideas. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > Roman > Registered Linux User #179293 -- Registered Linux User:167369 <================= KompuKit =====================> Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M - F 6pm-12am, S & S 12pm-12am EST) <================= KompuKit =====================>