Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
>
> I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
I have several (3) old Caviar drives. One is a 170 meg and the other
two are 540 meg. One is six years old; the other, probably about 5;
and the third is about the same. All worked fine for at least the
first 4-5 years of their life even though they were powered up
24/7/365. The 170 developed some bad sectors about 1/2 year ago; the
younger 540 meg had the same problem at about the same time. The
5-year-old 540 meg is still going strong.
Considering that they were all cheap IDE drives, originally installed
in a poorly-ventilated case, it is not bad.
John
>
> --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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > "Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT."
> > > --Larry McVoy
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