[Novalug] Re: Disk Errors?

Bonnie Dalzell bdalzell@qis.net
Sun Sep 2 13:46:17 EDT 2007


On Sat, 1 Sep 2007, Jason wrote:

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J >Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
J >> I have had a lot of bad experiences with western digital drives. i think
J >> there is a reason why comp usa puts them on sale a lot

J >I'll second that.  I've had several WDs die just a few weeks out of
J >warranty and I won't buy anything but 5-year Seagates now.  I figure
J >there's a good reason Seagate stands behind their drives for so much
J >longer than anyone else.  And if worse comes to worst they'll send me
J >a new one.  I run backups for a reason. :-)

The 5 year seagate purchase has also become my current strategy. 

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