This may not necessarily be the manufacturer's fault., but a natural  
result of the massive increases in drive capacity.  What small  
physical error may not have affected a 20 GB drive may have a huge  
impact on a 1.5 TB drive.

Jake

On Jan 20, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Andrew McNabb wrote:

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> I definitely agree with this.  I think it's a shame that new hard  
> drives
> seem to be getting less reliable instead of more reliable.
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