Interesting Article!!
viruser  | 07/05/07
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Ah yes,
Roger Ramjet | 07/05/07
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Stiction
big red one | 07/06/07
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Stiction
pjrobertz@... | 07/06/07
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Stiction also caused by stuck read/write heads
John Sawyer | 07/06/07
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Stuck on stiction
Chiatzu | 07/06/07
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Good ole days (?)
ed.segraves@... | 07/06/07
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The good ol days..
Old Timer 8080 | 07/06/07
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A quick off the on agian power
bjbrock | 07/05/07
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Seconded.
HypnoToad72 | 07/05/07
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Seagate
Bill4 | 07/05/07
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No WD for me
big red one | 07/06/07
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You Missed the Point
greybeardtechie | 07/06/07
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THANK YOU
ivanotter | 07/06/07
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SCSI
Northwolf | 07/07/07
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emotional purchase
richvball44 | 07/07/07
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WD is my problem as well...
Media-Ted@... | 07/06/07
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But I wonder if anything will change
GuidingLight | 07/05/07
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WEllll....
ivanotter | 07/07/07
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Great article Robin!
D. T. Schmitz | 07/05/07
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Avoid the Maxtor factor.
osreinstall | 07/05/07
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I've had just the opposite experience.
Uber Dweeb | 07/05/07
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I agree...
Scrat | 07/06/07
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120MB WD
Sabz5150 | 07/06/07
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Never even critized the WD.
osreinstall | 07/06/07
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Anecdotal, anecdota, anecdotal
jawshoeaw@... | 07/06/07
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The proof is a lot of returned Maxtors.
osreinstall | 07/06/07
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Western Digital Drives are Best!
Brakiss | 07/06/07
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Whatever guy.
osreinstall | 07/06/07
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I like WD Caviars too
T1Oracle | 07/06/07
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I agree Maxtor drives are nothing but trouble.
docbillnet | 07/06/07
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Your concerns about them being all bad in the future is just worry.
osreinstall | 07/06/07
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I've had the opposite experience with Maxtor
intrepi@... | 07/06/07
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Same here intrepid
a155mm | 07/06/07
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quality power supply
gkrwc | 07/06/07
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Yes, a quality power supply.
osreinstall | 07/06/07
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Brand preference
itpro_z | 07/06/07
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I almost agree with you.
bjbrock | 07/06/07
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Two types of user
tony@... | 07/06/07
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Im both!
amatbrewer@... | 07/06/07
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Finally someone who gets the article
longzoo | 07/06/07
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Interesting. I never lost SCSI drives, even second-hand ones
labarker | 07/06/07
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Disk Drive Life...
mrlinux | 07/06/07
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Disk Drive Life...
rkeel | 07/07/07
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someone who REALLY gets it
richvball44 | 07/07/07
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Seagate and Western Digital FTW
support@... | 07/06/07
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My recent experience is opposite; RAID Beware
tony@... | 07/06/07
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Yeah whatever.
codeguy007 | 07/07/07
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Drive reliability
dancac | 07/06/07
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Spinrite
Raymond Danner | 07/08/07
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ala John Bender...
srobtjones@... | 07/06/07
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Maxtor Drives
reloader3@... | 07/06/07
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Mantor?
John Sawyer | 07/06/07
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Maxtor Drives
reloader3@... | 07/06/07
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Age, not brand
Borg_Tribble | 07/06/07
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The moral is - cover your butt
josephmartins | 07/06/07
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Reiterate what Robin is saying
sphillips@... | 07/06/07
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Totally unexpected reasons for drive failures
alajon | 07/06/07
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HD Smackdown
handyman315 | 07/06/07
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Power factor
abrtal@... | 07/06/07
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You posed the question ...
hchelette@... | 07/06/07
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failure mode
carl@... | 07/06/07
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Drives depend on care not luck
jurgislasevicius@... | 07/06/07
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Spring/Fall failures
alajon | 07/06/07
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Basic rules for BUILDERS.
Old Timer 8080 | 07/06/07
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Fujitsu and other f-words
ccompton@... | 07/06/07
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It depends on Murphy' Law
desert916@... | 07/06/07
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Agreed!
sam@... | 07/06/07
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Disk drive life
petrasys@... | 07/06/07
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backups
cwallen19803 | 07/06/07
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My backup plan, my 2-cents' worth
Reality-based | 07/06/07
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Backup method
sphillips@... | 07/06/07
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Cloning Drives
james-38@... | 07/06/07
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haha
richvball44 | 07/07/07
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Nova Backup
ViperHost | 07/06/07
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Yes on M
lourayr | 07/06/07
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what it tells me
sailnavy | 07/06/07
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Dell
gapinsky | 07/06/07
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Re: Ms
lourayr | 07/06/07
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Hard Drive Life for laptops
gapinsky | 07/06/07
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How About a Survey re: Brand?
Your Mom 2.0 | 07/06/07
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Re: Ms
lourayr | 07/06/07
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Disk Life
whainswo@... | 07/06/07
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We are all missing the point
sphillips@... | 07/06/07
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My offspring, who once built PCs for a living...
Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 07/06/07
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CIGARETTE SMOKE is the KILLER....
Feldwebel Wolfenstool | 07/09/07
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say what?
The_Quietman | 07/11/07
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The tar and other chemicals can still reak havoc
D-cat | 07/11/07
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Drive Life
mb96001@... | 07/06/07
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There are only two types of hard drives:
mbarker@... | 07/06/07
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Avoid Maxtor. However there is no drive that last forever.
phatkat | 07/06/07
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How about dust?
jpatten | 07/06/07
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I do not agree it is all "Luck"...
XweAponX | 07/06/07
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Leave ON, use SMART, avoid heat and shock
warreno@... | 07/06/07
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RAID 5
bhalper | 07/06/07
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missing the point (most)
desamuelson | 07/06/07
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Maxtor diamondmax sata 2 drives -my choice
intrepi@... | 07/06/07
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Customer Service
codeguy007 | 07/07/07
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Use an external drive for back-up
mflemming@... | 07/06/07
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Regarding Externals...
XweAponX | 07/06/07
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Usually..
firehound | 07/06/07
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This is not good science
ProfessorJim | 07/06/07
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Theory vs experiment
R Harris | 07/06/07
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You talk of real world usage...
Cayble | 07/06/07
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Good point: I have no data on retail packaging
R Harris | 07/08/07
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Why avoid OEM?
notsofast | 07/10/07
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Exactly!
Cayble | 07/15/07
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sata, chair mats, ammonia problems
hlee_z | 07/06/07
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THANK YOU
ivanotter | 07/06/07
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Testing ICs VS Testing Drives
Old Timer 8080 | 07/06/07
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Sampling theory
Ken_Hope | 07/06/07
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Sampling size
desamuelson | 07/06/07
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Hard Drives Designed to Fail over time?
reqadr@... | 07/06/07
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Magnetic coercivity is *much* higher than it
R Harris | 07/08/07
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And Grounds for a Lawsuit
mejohnsn | 07/06/07
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I've never had a drive fail
Leria | 07/06/07
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power is a big situation with
lokeusa2007@... | 07/06/07
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Few drive failures over the years
rdhalsteatzd | 07/06/07
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More than one way to loose datat the a hardware failure.
Baaama@... | 07/06/07
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More than one way to loose data on a HD than hardware failure.
Baaama@... | 07/06/07
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Guess you never heard of...
tek_heretik | 07/06/07
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The only failure I have ever saw was...
tek_heretik | 07/06/07
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Questions
Chiatzu | 07/06/07
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Neither study looked at notebook drives
R Harris | 07/08/07
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Hmmm
Linux User 147560 | 07/06/07
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Drive use.
D-cat | 07/10/07
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Mounting position can make a difference
davidpl | 07/06/07
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Cooling does count with Maxtor
a155mm | 07/06/07
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ST1144A, 20megs.. forget how old
lpiatt@... | 07/06/07
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Just lost one last week
ivanotter | 07/07/07
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IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO? YES.
ragnar.moller@... | 07/07/07
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RAID 5 not nearly as safe as you'd think
R Harris | 07/08/07
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Disc Drives
waddykins | 07/07/07
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Disk Drive Life
rkeel | 07/07/07
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They are all pretty reliable
bobsherrill@... | 07/07/07
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True, until they fail.
R Harris | 07/08/07
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Only two kinds of drives
ron_d_harris@... | 07/07/07
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My drive experiences
sborsher | 07/08/07
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Wow! Boiling rice!
jsargent | 07/09/07
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Smartest thing for home users to do
Dr_Zinj | 07/09/07
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Suggest external
D-cat | 07/10/07
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Disk drives are like cars...
pyropakjim@... | 07/09/07
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Repairs
D-cat | 07/10/07
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Try SCSI
shepta@... | 07/09/07
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What about MTBF
THEE WOLF | 07/10/07
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Already Answered
D-cat | 07/11/07
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Need the testing parameters
desamuelson | 07/16/07
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What about vibration/bouncing?
danls@... | 07/19/07
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more factors
kevencage | 07/19/07
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Interesting stuff
Ivan_the_stinky | 08/09/07
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What about power down/power up?
cmwiswall | 08/25/07
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