From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FiyRZ-00085o-Ux for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 18:50:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k4OInU0q020983; Wed, 24 May 2006 18:49:30 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net (rwcrmhc14.comcast.net [216.148.227.154]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4OIew7A030988 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 18:40:58 GMT Received: from fuggle.veldy.net (c-66-41-96-112.hsd1.mn.comcast.net[66.41.96.112]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with ESMTP id <20060524184056m1400dsevse>; Wed, 24 May 2006 18:40:56 +0000 Received: from fuggle.veldy.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fuggle.veldy.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FADF7C19 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 13:40:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fuggle.veldy.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14CE97A48 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 13:40:55 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4474A8B7.2070900@veldy.net> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 13:40:55 -0500 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 300GB HD References: <975fd1710605221418v7adbd338v6374e0ed51cfbf14@mail.gmail.com> <200605231556.58393.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <99CF03DE-46DC-49B7-955D-2F532F9C9CB7@shire.net> <1ABBE394-3000-444D-A419-1993A4EE7DA5@shire.net> <44734457.5070000@vista-express.com> In-Reply-To: <44734457.5070000@vista-express.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Archives-Salt: 94bf6fc8-cdf5-4ea2-affc-1ac323a2859c X-Archives-Hash: 20038b3920a865119158d02e13268b9f Teresa and Dale wrote: > > It is really rare that I have a drive to go out. Maybe I'm just lucky. > I do have a few drives that are over a decade old and some a > couple decades old. > > I have owned dozens of drives over the years. The only reliable brands that I have used are Western Digital, IBM and Seagate. I have tried Maxtor three separate times. Twice the drive failed withing three months, and in both cases, the receipt magically disappeared with the box that *somebody* threw out. The last drive in just over one year (not willing to mail it in for the return of $40 ... lots of important data that needs cleansing first). I swear to GOD that I will NEVER buy another Maxtor! :-) Seagates are awesome ... 5 year warrantee to boot! Tom Veldhouse -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list