Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive
Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
--Simon
On 10 Oct 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
> I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital.
> Conner, I agree has horrible problems.
>
> Simon Karpen <slk@acm.rpi.edu> writes:
>
> > Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB,
> > Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but
> > seems to be very solid. I've never had any real problems with Quantum drives,
> > but I can say to stay away from any form of Conner/Seagate/Western Digital
> > drives. The failure rates are *horrible*. I've also heard many good things
> > about the recent IBM drives.
> >
> > Simon Karpen
> > karpes@rpi.edu slk@acm.rpi.edu
> > "Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT."
> > --Larry McVoy
> >
> >
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