I'm concerned that we may be witnessing a general deterioration of QC in all
drive brands as the price competition continues unabated.
Chuck Norcutt
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Johann Thorsson <johann@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Bullet proof internal hard drive?
> Sent: Apr 06 '07 16:20
>
>
> I have had two Seagate 250GB failing in the last 3 mo. That is 100% of the
> Seagates I own and I don't plan to buy any more of them. Almost all my
> other HDDs are WD, I guess I have around 10 of them, ranging from 6yo (?)
> 70GBs to 6mo old 250GB SATAs. The third brand I have is an IBM Deskstar,
> have one 8yo which has been running 24/7 without a problem.
>
> I can't complain about Seagate's service though, they replaced both drives
> without a question - but of course gave me refurbished units back. We will
> see how long they last.
>
> Suddenly remembered that I actually have 2 Seagate SCSIs which have been
> running 24/7 for about 7 years, but you can't really compare SCSI to IDE in
> terms or reliability.
>
> J
>
>
>
> >
> > Good luck. I had 2 Seagate 160G fail: one after 4 months, the other
> > after 364 days.
> >
> > ___________________________________
> > John Hermanson
> >
> > NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > > The hard drive I had installed a year or so ago is starting to make some
> > > funny (well, really not so funny) noises. Any recommendations on
> internal hard
> > > drives that are more or less bullet proof? Yes, I have my photo files
> backed
> > > up this time. <{8^) Bill Barber
>
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