mber 13, 2007 10:22:56 AM
Subject: [videoblogging] bad Western Digital Hardrives?
I think I read either here or on Twitter that Bill
Streeter had 3 harddrives go bad last week. I'm
starting to find that my Western Digital WD HD's don't
show up on the desktop. And one of them had smoke
Western Digital Hardrives?
i've had bad luck with western digital, consistently, personally.
we also had trouble with them at widehive records a few years ago (like 3
times in a row) and stopped using anything but LaCie.
Haven't seen g-raid before...will consider...but i've had
You do have to keep in mind that hard drives, at least ones most
people can afford at the moment, have lots of moving parts. Those
moving parts are all... well.. moving whenever you access data off
those drives.
No matter what manufacturer you get your drives from it isn't a matter
of if the driv
i've had bad luck with western digital, consistently, personally.
we also had trouble with them at widehive records a few years ago (like 3
times in a row) and stopped using anything but LaCie.
Haven't seen g-raid before...will consider...but i've had good luck with
lacies i guess (knock on metal
I've made DVD and HDV Tape back ups as well cause that VP of
Marketing's words keep ringing in my head.
Tim
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Thanks Tim, time to back up many hours of HD Eye TV
content off my Lacie ASAP
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I've lost MANY Lacie drives and when I walked up to
> the VP of
> Marketing for Lacie at Macworld and told him his
> answer was, "It's
> only a matter of time unt
Thanks Brook and I must say, I rarely did any of the
precautions you posted.
--- Brook Hinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is no such thing as a truly reliable external
> firewire drive,
> sadly. Though I've had better luck with LaCies then
> with some other
> brands.
>
> Laptop users reme
I've lost MANY Lacie drives and when I walked up to the VP of
Marketing for Lacie at Macworld and told him his answer was, "It's
only a matter of time until one of our drives fails. "
I then walked over to the G-Tech booth and I have been very happy
with the G-Raid products ever since.
I ha
There is no such thing as a truly reliable external firewire drive,
sadly. Though I've had better luck with LaCies then with some other
brands.
Laptop users remember!
TURN ON THE COMPUTER BEFORE CONNECTING THE DRIVE
TURN ON THE DRIVE (if that's an option) BEFORE CONNECTING
CONNECT AND WAIT FOR MO
I think I read either here or on Twitter that Bill
Streeter had 3 harddrives go bad last week. I'm
starting to find that my Western Digital WD HD's don't
show up on the desktop. And one of them had smoke
coming out like a toaster. Any other thoughts on these
"always on sale at Best Buy" clunkers. I
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