1 wd, 1 maxtor that caught on fire, and I preempted (ie: rma'd) one other wd 80gb/5400 a couple months back (it got a little excessively noisy).
yes, maxtor and i'm glad it did. (i got 10 more gigs because it died out Maxtor's service is the best). needless to say it didn't have any important data.
lost a 30gb seagate in the kids' computer a couple weeks ago.. 5 weeks before the (3year) warranty expired (whew)!
Red Squirrel
No Lifer
Yeah I heard of the IBM issue, that's funny - but not for the people who lost one. 
I had two drives die, but I don't really care.
- a 512MB quantum drive (me was dumb. Me tested it on 17V AC)
- a 10Gig fujitsu that most likely died of heat damage since I had it in a pentium server on top of another 10 gig drive. In fact, that whole server went caput about a month I had it. win2k on a Pentium with 32MB of ram was not a good idea to start off with. lol
I had two drives die, but I don't really care.
- a 512MB quantum drive (me was dumb. Me tested it on 17V AC)
- a 10Gig fujitsu that most likely died of heat damage since I had it in a pentium server on top of another 10 gig drive. In fact, that whole server went caput about a month I had it. win2k on a Pentium with 32MB of ram was not a good idea to start off with. lol
Havent' ever had a hard drive die in 15 years. I turn off computers when I'm not using them, don't know if that's a factor. A don't leave my car running when I'm not using it either and I've never lost an engine.
None of the ones I own so far... *knocks on wood*
At my job in college, I've had one. Maxtor or WD I think 8 gig
At my job in college, I've had one. Maxtor or WD I think 8 gig
I'm surprised that Maxtor isn't at the top everyone i know who had Maxtor had it crap out within 12 months.
I think I'd die sooner than the hard drive I got. I never had any HW or hard drive problems in general. The computer either gets too old or I just ge rid or it. The only thing I had broken was an old cheap video card due to my own fault.
Maybe that's the drive I should have. Too bad IBM is no more. I'm getting bored here not ever having any HD failures!
No dead HD's yet... *knocks on wood*
I really need to set up a server with RAID and a backup scheme.
I really need to set up a server with RAID and a backup scheme.
Bignate603
Lifer
- Sep 5, 2000
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none which I have bought, one few months ago that my mom owns, 2gb
This week at work though, coworker brought in his brother in law's computer, 40gb ibm 60gxp dead there, also at work, 1gb segate disk died, computer had been running 24/7 for well over 4 years, replaced by an even older computer
This week at work though, coworker brought in his brother in law's computer, 40gb ibm 60gxp dead there, also at work, 1gb segate disk died, computer had been running 24/7 for well over 4 years, replaced by an even older computer
Siddhartha
Lifer
- Oct 17, 1999
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It was a twenty gig WD unit. My system started to frequently but randomly crash. I replaced the powersupply, RAM, motherboard, and CPU before I got around to suspecting the hd.
nope
Out of:
1 Fujitsu
6 Maxtors
1 Western Digital
none have died (have had the WD for 5 years now, Fujitsu for 5.5 years, Maxtors from 1 month to 3.5 years)
Out of:
1 Fujitsu
6 Maxtors
1 Western Digital
none have died
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