28 Jan
2003
28 Jan
'03
6:04 p.m.
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 21:42:17 +0000
Steve Harris <S.W.Harris(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
It seems as though all full-size IDE disks are going to pot. Our campus
computer store has recently swithched to using 2.5" drives in their
desktop boxes because those still have a 3-year warranty.
James
--
James Tappin, O__ "I forget the punishment for using
james(a)tappin.me.uk -- \/` Microsoft --- Something lingering
http://www.tappin.me.uk/ with data loss in it I fancy"
If you're
going IDE, avoid Maxtor like the devil. I run a lab and
their harddrives DIE. They start beeping(!!!) during startup and
won't mount. Maxtor is cheap, but sucky.
OTOH Seagate Barraccuda IVs are highly recommended, quiet and fast. I've
not had any reliability prblems yet...