[ale] Maxtor drives

[Frank Zamenski]

> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> 
> > > That's funny. I've had pretty good luck with WD and
> > > HORRIBLE luck with Seagate (I lose one about
> > > every 6 months and I only have 2).
> > >
> > > Jeff
> >
> > I have lost more data on WD than Seagate. It was easy to lose the 
data 
> > on the
> > WD, I just typed rm -rf . . . . That being said, I prefer Seagate.
> >
> 
> That's what I've heard as well (Seagate better than WD).
> I can't figure out why I've had such rotten luck. I've
> checked the temps on the drives and they are very cool
> (much better than the CPU). Maybe Seagate has implemented
> the infamous "if jeff_layton" flag that I seem to find in
> all of my codes :)
> 

My own experience is Seagate > Quantum > WD > Maxtor.
I've been wary of Maxtor since their 540MB days when even then, those 
$#^% things failed prematurely. (But I never took it personal! :)
Replacement turnaround with a credit card was always fast though. I've 
tons of old Seagate 1.6 - 3GB drives that are weeeeell past their prime 
(thrown out by my company), that in my home machines take a lickin' and 
keep on tickin'! I've even dropped a few and most still spun up, but 
hey, they were free... out of the trash bin.... :)


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