** Reply to note from "Damond Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 11 May 1998 09:19:57
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>
>
> Is it just me, or do Western Digital drives fail as much for everyone
> else as they do for me. I've had to replace the same 1.2 gig drive three
> times in the last year. I just replaced this drive (via RMA) about two
> weeks ago...it's failed before I could send the old one in!
Ouch!! Definitely not a nice thing to happen!! :-) Been using a 420 meg WD Caviar
for about 4
years and a 850 meg WD Caviar for the last three years both of which are in my
BBS/personal
use machine with nary a problem. Both drives incure heavy usage and are up 24/7.
Sure hope
your experiences with the WD's aren't a sign of slipping quality control on WD's part
as I plan to
buy WD again when upgrading the harddrive system.
> issue...I'm looking for a reliable IDE drive. Something I could shoot,
> throw off a building, immerse in salt water, etc, etc, etc....
>
Heehee.....wouldn't go that far testing a harddrive, though I do remember seeing a
picture many
years ago now, where a frustrated owner had taken a .357 Magnam to an old 10 meg
Winchester
drive! Needless to say, that particular technical troubleshooting proceedure didn't
rectify the
problem with the drive. <g>
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