Re[2]: [H] Seagate drive died

2007-05-13 Thread Joe User
Hello Hayes, Saturday, May 12, 2007, 9:10:50 PM, you wrote: Tons of WD raptors DOA here, but none have failed on me (36, 74 or 150GB) once they spun up. Same, the one bad one I had was bad out of the box. The only consistency in the hardware industry is inconsistency. Well said. --

Re[2]: [H] Seagate drive died

2007-05-13 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Sunday, May 13, 2007, 11:47:38 AM, you wrote: While your argument seems sound, it doesn't appear to agree with real world testing. I have seen EB and BB drives fail by a factor of at least a factor of 5 over JB drives. The EB/BB line are WD's one year warranty drives (with

Re[2]: [H] Seagate drive died

2007-05-11 Thread Joe User
Hello Greg, Friday, May 11, 2007, 2:52:47 PM, you wrote: You're kidding, right? One drive is _less_ than meaningless... I assume you are referring to my judgement on his one failed drive. However, he said in his post - that he googled and others are having this issue (which you might have

RE: Re[2]: [H] Seagate drive died

2007-05-11 Thread Greg Sevart
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe User Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 3:11 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re[2]: [H] Seagate drive died Hello Greg, Friday, May 11, 2007, 2:52:47 PM, you wrote: You're kidding, right? One