[lug] Hard Drive Manufacturer Suggestion

[Frank Whiteley]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Belanger" <mrb at ciclops.org>
To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"
<lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 08:58
Subject: Re: [lug] Hard Drive Manufacturer Suggestion


> I highly recommend IBM harddrives.. I have been using them for years
> without any problems -- and great performance.
>
> I have also had good luck with Maxtor HDD's.
>
> I have had TERRIBLE luck with Hitachi (specifically, their thinkpad
> HDD's), and with Seagate SCSI HDD's.  Not sure how Seagate's IDE/SATA
> drives are.
>
>
> -M
>
Just found a Seagate IDE/SATA dying three weeks ago, in a new box built in
May.

Ditto IBM comment.

Frank Whiteley
Greeley