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Re: IBM Hard disk failures (WasRe: Any brutal hard drive burn-in programs?)



Quoting nate (debian-user@aphroland.org):
> > yuppers... dont buy 40GB ide disks from IBM made in thailand or hungry...
> 
> or 20GB, or 46GB or 60GB or 75GB
> 
> basically anything in the 75GXP and to a lesser extent the 60GXP
> series..

I've had problems with a 60GXP locking up. After a day or two it started
spinning again, and I could get the data off, but it still makes wierd
sounds. I don't trust IBM discs, go for Maxtor, they are much more
reliable.

My two cents, Jelle.
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http://defekt.nl/



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