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Smurfinaus

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:37 pm Post subject: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? Archived from groups: comp>sys>ibm>pc>hardware>storage (more info?)

Hi All, I suspect its time for me to get a new HD. The IBM 40Gb ive had last two years has been great but some bad sectors have been cropping up so im looking for a new drive. Previously i had Fujitsu 6.4 and 4.3 and both worked fine. Havent kept up with drive technology lately (nor CPU or Motherboards - gee i need new ones soon too..) so may i ask, in peoples experience what brand drives are reliable ?. Ive heard bad things about certain IBM ones, but Seagates are good?. thanks in advance for any advice Nijuu. >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Will Dormann

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Smurfinaus wrote: > Hi All, > I suspect its time for me to get a new HD. The IBM 40Gb ive had last two > years has been great but some bad sectors have been cropping up so im > looking for a new drive. Previously i had Fujitsu 6.4 and 4.3 and both > worked fine. Havent kept up with drive technology lately (nor CPU or > Motherboards - gee i need new ones soon too..) so may i ask, in peoples > experience what brand drives are reliable ?. Ive heard bad things about > certain IBM ones, but Seagates are good?. > thanks in advance for any advice I like Seagate. I don't like Maxtor. Just a personal opinion, and that's all. -WD<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Rod Speed

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Smurfinaus <smurfinaus DeleteThis @NOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:Xns94447B67CC42smurfinausinternodeo@203.16.214.244... > I suspect its time for me to get a new HD. The IBM 40Gb ive had > last two years has been great but some bad sectors have been > cropping up so im looking for a new drive. Previously i had Fujitsu > 6.4 and 4.3 and both worked fine. Havent kept up with drive technology > lately (nor CPU or Motherboards - gee i need new ones soon too..) I like Intel cpus and Asus motherboards with Intel chipsets myself. > so may i ask, in peoples experience what brand drives are > reliable ?. Ive heard bad things about certain IBM ones, And the Fujitsu MPG drives too. Not relevant now tho, Fujitsu has given up on 3.5" IDE drives. > but Seagates are good?. Not necessarily. Nothing like as bad as the IBM GXP drives, but I avoid them myself. I like the Samsung P80 drives currently and they are the last of the drive manufacturers to have full 3 year warrantys on all their drives. Beautifully quiet too which is a real bonus.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

DaveL

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

I just got one of those Samsungs. It is very thin and very quiet. It does seem to run hot. Could be bad for long term durability. We'll see, I guess. Dave "Rod Speed" <rod_speed DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bqebs8$21c050$1@ID-69072.news.uni-berlin.de... > > Smurfinaus <smurfinaus DeleteThis @NOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:Xns94447B67CC42smurfinausinternodeo@203.16.214.244... > > > I suspect its time for me to get a new HD. The IBM 40Gb ive had > > last two years has been great but some bad sectors have been > > cropping up so im looking for a new drive. Previously i had Fujitsu > > 6.4 and 4.3 and both worked fine. Havent kept up with drive technology > > lately (nor CPU or Motherboards - gee i need new ones soon too..) > > I like Intel cpus and Asus motherboards with Intel chipsets myself. > > > so may i ask, in peoples experience what brand drives are > > reliable ?. Ive heard bad things about certain IBM ones, > > And the Fujitsu MPG drives too. Not relevant > now tho, Fujitsu has given up on 3.5" IDE drives. > > > but Seagates are good?. > > Not necessarily. Nothing like as bad as the > IBM GXP drives, but I avoid them myself. > > I like the Samsung P80 drives currently and they are the > last of the drive manufacturers to have full 3 year warrantys > on all their drives. Beautifully quiet too which is a real bonus. > ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Mr. Grinch

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in news:bqebs8$21c050$1@ID-69072.news.uni-berlin.de: > I like the Samsung P80 drives currently and they are the > last of the drive manufacturers to have full 3 year warrantys > on all their drives. Beautifully quiet too which is a real bonus. While I would be happy to try their 160GB drives, I was wishing they had something in the 300GB range, but they don't have anything bigger, not even in 5400rpm. 160GB drives have been out for ages, almost a year, it sure seems to take a long time for bigger sizes in the drive industry.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Papa

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:18 am Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

You will probably get as many opinions as responses, and that is all they are - opinions. My preference is Western Digital, for the simple reason that I've never had a failure with them. "Smurfinaus" <smurfinaus.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:Xns94447B67CC42smurfinausinternodeo@203.16.214.244... > Hi All, > I suspect its time for me to get a new HD. The IBM 40Gb ive had last two > years has been great but some bad sectors have been cropping up so im > looking for a new drive. Previously i had Fujitsu 6.4 and 4.3 and both > worked fine. Havent kept up with drive technology lately (nor CPU or > Motherboards - gee i need new ones soon too..) so may i ask, in peoples > experience what brand drives are reliable ?. Ive heard bad things about > certain IBM ones, but Seagates are good?. > thanks in advance for any advice > Nijuu.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

John

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:51 am Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

If you've got a good backup system in place, try using the IBM drive fitness test to reformat that whole drive, then run the "thorough surface test" option on it to make sure there are no longer any bad sectors. It'll probably be right again for a couple of years. "Smurfinaus" <smurfinaus.DeleteThis@NOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:Xns94447B67CC42smurfinausinternodeo@203.16.214.244... > Hi All, > I suspect its time for me to get a new HD. The IBM 40Gb ive had last two > years has been great but some bad sectors have been cropping up so im > looking for a new drive. Previously i had Fujitsu 6.4 and 4.3 and both > worked fine. Havent kept up with drive technology lately (nor CPU or > Motherboards - gee i need new ones soon too..) so may i ask, in peoples > experience what brand drives are reliable ?. Ive heard bad things about > certain IBM ones, but Seagates are good?. > thanks in advance for any advice > Nijuu.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Cobblers

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On 1 Dec 2003 11:37:50 +1050, Smurfinaus <smurfinaus DeleteThis @NOSPAM.com> wrote: >Hi All, >I suspect its time for me to get a new HD. The IBM 40Gb ive had last two >years has been great but some bad sectors have been cropping up so im >looking for a new drive. Previously i had Fujitsu 6.4 and 4.3 and both >worked fine. Havent kept up with drive technology lately (nor CPU or >Motherboards - gee i need new ones soon too..) so may i ask, in peoples >experience what brand drives are reliable ?. Ive heard bad things about >certain IBM ones, but Seagates are good?. >thanks in advance for any advice >Nijuu. Pull straws and you'll get just as accurate an answer as you will find here. I don't like Maxtor because I had two fail on me and one of the replacement drives came with a bad block and is very noisy. I will be buying either Seagate or Samsung next, and that's purely because I want the quietest drives available. I like my Western Digital 80gb JB drive though and would be happy with another one of those, but one with 120-160gb. Lots of people here seem to like Maxtor though so what do I know?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Cheah TE

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 2:55 am Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

\| > Seagates are good?. I know 1 Seagate hdd bought in 4-95, & it still works. I'd avoid Quantum ; their ICs fail with any slight voltage spikes, I have 3 dead Quantum hdds. Mitsubishi makes very good & small surge absorbers, hdd makers should fit these onto their PCBs to block voltage spikes. >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

J.Clarke1

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Since: Nov 27, 2003
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:59:00 GMT Michael Cecil <macecil RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:23:32 -0600, chrisv <chrisv RemoveThis @nospam.invalid> > wrote: > > >On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 04:27:58 GMT, salfter RemoveThis @salfter.dyndns.org (Scott > >Alfter) wrote: > > > >>These > >>days, I'm mainly buying Western Digital xxxxJB drives. The 3-year > >warranty>is a Good Thing to have. > > > >Bah. Drives are so cheap now that the value of a long warrantee is > >almost zilch. So your drive goes belly-up after 2 years? Well, > >then, spend $70 and get a new one that's bigger and faster than the > >one you had before. It'll be a nice upgrade. > > A longer warranty is incentive for the drive manufacturer to not make > shit. Nope, it is incentive for the drive manufacturer to charge a higher price. Or do you really think that the cost of warranty repairs comes out of the manufacturer's pocket? > -- > Michael Cecil > macecil RemoveThis @comcast.net <font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/howto/</font" target="_blank">http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/howto/</font</a>> <font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://home.comcast.net/~antiviruscd/</font" target="_blank">http://home.comcast.net/~antiviruscd/</font</a>> -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Dave Glass

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(Msg. 11) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:47 am Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 23:55:28 +0800, "Cheah TE" <none RemoveThis @spam.biz.my> wrote: >I know 1 Seagate hdd bought in 4-95, & it still works. I'd avoid >Quantum ; their ICs fail with any slight voltage spikes, I have 3 >dead Quantum hdds. Quantum no longer exists. Get this: I believe they were bought out by...drum roll...Seagate.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:47 am Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Dave Glass wrote: > On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 23:55:28 +0800, "Cheah TE" <none DeleteThis @spam.biz.my> > wrote: > > >> I know 1 Seagate hdd bought in 4-95, & it still works. I'd avoid >> Quantum ; their ICs fail with any slight voltage spikes, I have 3 >> dead Quantum hdds. > > Quantum no longer exists. Get this: I believe they were bought out > by...drum roll...Seagate. No... Maxtor<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Scott Alfter

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(Msg. 13) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 7:27 am Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In article <f7rctvkj6ql68u67cv45tf39rj0qv3p9i1.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, Dave Glass <dave.TakeThisOut@here.invalid> wrote: >On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 23:55:28 +0800, "Cheah TE" <none.TakeThisOut@spam.biz.my> >wrote: >>I know 1 Seagate hdd bought in 4-95, & it still works. I'd avoid >>Quantum ; their ICs fail with any slight voltage spikes, I have 3 >>dead Quantum hdds. > >Quantum no longer exists. Get this: I believe they were bought out >by...drum roll...Seagate. It's worse than that...Quantum was bought out by Maxtor. (FWIW, I never had significantly more problems with Quantum hard drives than with most others. I stay away from Maxtor (three dead 5.1GB drives in almost as many months, plus numerous other problems since), and some of my IBM drives have started acting up (only 75GXP & 60GXP models; the others have been OK). Everything else has usually held up well enough. These days, I'm mainly buying Western Digital xxxxJB drives. The 3-year warranty is a Good Thing to have. _/_ Scott Alfter (address in header doesn't receive mail) / v \ send mail to $firstname@$lastname.us (IIGS( <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://alfter.us/" target="_blank">http://alfter.us/</a> Top-posting! \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (Linux) iD8DBQE/1qDOVgTKos01OwkRAuVrAJ4ssnRuHuTNhrAuMgot8kAJjuP27ACfbl3u BTf3/KWAozSEFnSCEYM2Lhg= =bzq8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

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(Msg. 14) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 11:23 am Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 04:27:58 GMT, salfter DeleteThis @salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter) wrote: >These >days, I'm mainly buying Western Digital xxxxJB drives. The 3-year warranty >is a Good Thing to have. Bah. Drives are so cheap now that the value of a long warrantee is almost zilch. So your drive goes belly-up after 2 years? Well, then, spend $70 and get a new one that's bigger and faster than the one you had before. It'll be a nice upgrade.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

Rod Speed

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(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Most reliable drives in peoples experience?? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Dave Glass <dave.DeleteThis@here.invalid> wrote in message news:f7rctvkj6ql68u67cv45tf39rj0qv3p9i1@4ax.com... > Cheah TE <none.DeleteThis@spam.biz.my> wrote >> I know 1 Seagate hdd bought in 4-95, & it still works. >> I'd avoid Quantum ; their ICs fail with any slight voltage >> spikes, I have 3 dead Quantum hdds. > Quantum no longer exists. Correct. > Get this: I believe they were bought out by...drum roll...Seagate. You're wrong again. Maxtor.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: Most reliable drives in peoples experience??

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