Hard drives, quality (IDE vs SCSI call for True Stories)

[Matt Luettgen]

My room-mate has a 60Gb Maxtor drive die...less than 2 years old

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 23:47:26 -0600
zscoundrel <zscoundrel at kc.rr.com> wrote:

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> > I just had a 60 Gig IBM IDE drive bite the dust.  Much less than a
> > year old (maybe 6-8 months...I'd have to check reciepts), and
> > currently being processed by the new IBM/Hitachi Drive spin-off RMA
> > folks.
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> When I install a H/D, I write the purchase date (or install date if it
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> differs by more than a week) right on the case of the drive itself
> with a magic marker.  Saves a lot of hassle with remembering purchase
> dates.
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