Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-30 Thread jason-snyder
I have heard a number of stories about Seagate's drives being fast, but having problems losing sectors outside of this list. It seems that most current hard drives very rarely loose sectors unless there is a significant defect and the drive is not going to last much longer. On the other hand I

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences

2001-04-30 Thread Jay DeKing
to be safe. Jay DeKing Original Message Subject: Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list)) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:17:36 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences

2001-04-30 Thread SteveC
for my purposes. At this time I have one 30GB WD, a 30GB Maxtor, and a 40GB Maxtor all in the same box and they're running just fine. The WD is on a different IDE port than the Maxtors, though, just to be safe. Jay DeKing Original Message Subject: Re: [expert] hard drive

[expert] hard drive experiences (Seagate)

2001-04-30 Thread jason-snyder
I have gathered a little more information about more recent Seagates. One machine that was put together about 4 years ago using over 50 4 Gig drives lost three in two years. It's successor with half as many much bigger Seagate drives has been chugging away for the past two years and has yet to

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-27 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 26 April 2001 07:52 pm, Walter Luffman wrote: Let me see if I have this straight. At various times Western Digital, IBM, Quantum and Maxtor have all produced drives that are lemons. These makers have also produced some very good drives. Is that about right? Okay, who has

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-27 Thread ninjaz
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Walter Luffman wrote: Let me see if I have this straight. At various times Western Digital, IBM, Quantum and Maxtor have all produced drives that are lemons. These makers have also produced some very good drives. Is that about right? Okay, who has horror stories

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-27 Thread Todd Flinders
Yes, IBM drives tend to be VERY good. Especially the 75GXP series. And besides, at least IBM tries to put some money back into Linux and promotion of Linux. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Walter Luffman wrote: Let me see if I have this straight. At various times

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-27 Thread David E. Fox
Whoa, do you think I should move to IBM drives now? Maxtor IMHO still makes good drives. But I went for a 30 gig IBM Deskstar last October. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-27 Thread David E. Fox
Let me see if I have this straight. At various times Western Digital, IBM, Quantum and Maxtor have all produced drives that are lemons. These makers have also produced some very good drives. Is that about right? Most likely. I have no direct experience with WD or Quantum; my brother had

RE: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-27 Thread Oleg Godeanu
I think that most of the manufacturers mentioned before (WD, Seagate, Quantum, Fujitsu, IBM) had lemons, as well as good models and all improved the technology during the years. I just remembered that WD had for a while issues with UDMA transfers - I think they corrected it by now - but it

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-26 Thread jason-snyder
Quantum and Maxtor are now one, though you can still differentiate which drive line belongs to who because the line names haven't changed. I hear good things about both of these lines now, but my memory is still scared by both. Even though I use IBM drives now, I still remember the stickion

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-26 Thread Chubby Vic
Whoa, do you think I should move to IBM drives now? I hear that they are good but I did not know that about the Quantum ones!---Whoa. On Thursday 26 April 2001 05:02 am, so spoke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quantum and Maxtor are now one, though you can still differentiate which drive line belongs

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-26 Thread David Rankin
Chubby Vic wrote: Whoa, do you think I should move to IBM drives now? I hear that they are good but I did not know that about the Quantum ones!---Whoa. You guys are killing me! Maybe I have just been lucky. I have run Conner, Seagate, Maxtor, WD and IBM drives for the past ten years. The

Re: [expert] hard drive experiences (was 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installeris first on that list))

2001-04-26 Thread Walter Luffman
Let me see if I have this straight. At various times Western Digital, IBM, Quantum and Maxtor have all produced drives that are lemons. These makers have also produced some very good drives. Is that about right? Okay, who has horror stories to tell about Seagate and Fujitsu? (I've never