On Mon, 11 May 1998, Damond Walker wrote:
->
-> 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! Sure, getting a
->new drive every six months or so is good thing (I guess) but I'd rather not
->have to do that. :)
-> So, basically, I'm about ready to give up on WD drives... What I would
->like to know from the rest of you is what would be a good IDE drive to drop
->in its place? They're all pretty cheap these days so price isn't really an
->issue...I'm looking for a reliable IDE drive. Something I could shoot,
->throw off a building, immerse in salt water, etc, etc, etc....
->
Hi Damond,
Problem with such a tip is that it's most of the time very subjective. I
have a 2nd WD drive for the last 5 years (a 650Mb) which has worked
without problies.
I bought a Quantum Fireball (3,2Gb) a year ago and it's working well.
It's a pritty fast drive too, for an E-IDE. Depending on the space you
need I think it's big enough. I have Win 3.11 and Linux on it, together
with swap space all over it and still have almost 1Gb in reserve.
BTW, you might want to rethink your reliability test of a drive...:-)
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