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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0 |
I always thought Seagate were the premier drives to buy also......... I think we're talking about a time long before drives were measured in Gigabytes, and 640k was a lot of RAM. |
[KWSN]John Galt 007 Send message Joined: 9 Nov 99 Posts: 2444 Credit: 25,086,197 RAC: 0 |
What's with recent Seagate hard drives???? . . . <snip> I have SP3 saved as an .iso. Do you want me to burn a copy and bring it along tomorrow? Clk2HlpSetiCty:::PayIt4ward |
dnolan Send message Joined: 30 Aug 01 Posts: 1228 Credit: 47,779,411 RAC: 32 |
You're still using XP, right? You could save a little time with TweakUI. It won't help with drivers, but it's easier than editing the registry... -Dave |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
As I recall it was Mark who suggested that I get a Seagate. ;) Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
gomeyer Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 488 Credit: 50,370,425 RAC: 0 |
What's with recent Seagate hard drives???? . . . <snip> Thanks, that has been added to my list of must avoids. Best of luck with the third one !! |
jason_gee Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 |
Thanks, that has been added to my list of must avoids. Best of luck with the third one !! Do you want to share the rest of your list with us? "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
May I suggest you dig out those credit card statements. If Seagate gives you a hard time returning those bricks, you may have some recourse via your credit card company. Guess buying that blue hicky doodah sitting on top of the box wasn't such a bad idea after all;) Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I always thought Seagate were the premier drives to buy also......... Oopsey! My bad, Concentration slipped again. :o Should be 20MB and the ST-4096 was an 80MB hdd of course. :D The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
What's with recent Seagate hard drives???? . . . <snip> Thanks John, but I have my install disk for Win2k advanced server already loaded.....the rig is running, now just gotta reload a bunch o' stuff...... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
As I recall it was Mark who suggested that I get a Seagate. ;) Yes, I did, because up until just now, I swore by them rather than at them..... And to tell ya true, unless the 3rd Brick lunches anytime in the near future, I am still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this one....... But like I said, the next time I buy a HD......and it may well be a Seagate....I might see if I can find some MTBF numbers before I make a decision, and not just buy what looks to be the best bargain in the bin........ "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
popandbob Send message Joined: 19 Mar 05 Posts: 551 Credit: 4,673,015 RAC: 0 |
I guess this is just another reason to make sure you back up your HD every couple of weeks or so... Do you Good Search for Seti@Home? http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=888957 Or Good Shop? http://www.goodshop.com/?charityid=888957 |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I guess this is just another reason to make sure you back up your HD every couple of weeks or so... Remind me of that in a couple of weeks, willya? LOL. I am back on my daily driver now, running on the 3rd Brick.... Not crunching yet, but I am working on it. Got the basic infrastructure glued back together anyway..... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Okee dokee..........the daily driver is crrrrrrrrrrrrunching once more!!!! Next stop......set up email again.....crap. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Got the email back online...woo hoo!!! Now to get that little clock thingy back that shows me UTC..... OK....got that back. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I guess this is just another reason to make sure you back up your HD every couple of weeks or so... Sure You don't want some Walthers Goo to hold that thing together with? ;) The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I guess this is just another reason to make sure you back up your HD every couple of weeks or so... Naw.....duct tape will hold anything together..... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
gomeyer Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 488 Credit: 50,370,425 RAC: 0 |
Thanks, that has been added to my list of must avoids. Best of luck with the third one !! Hi Jason, LOL. Can you hear the chorus of "I love that . . ." that would surely follow? The PC avoid list is actually fairly short. I've had good luck with most hardware; Possibly because I'm conservative, don't buy bleeding edge state of the art stuff, and don't push my equipment too hard. Mostly the list consists of other types of products/services I will NOT buy because of their commercials. I will offer one recent addition that might save someone a couple of bucks tho', avoid Memorex DVD+R DL (double layer) media. Memorex single layer works perfectly OK for me but their DL media is the pits. Verbatim +R DL's have worked 100% so I guess that's a recommendation. I also avoid anything from Gateway and Acer. (here come the posts) Also any Norton product from Symantec since Peter Norton sold his name to them. There are a few others . . . [edit] Mark, sorry to hijack your thread a little [/edit] |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Thanks, that has been added to my list of must avoids. Best of luck with the third one !! Hey, no problem.....any info that will save anybody some grief is fine by me..... I've got the rig about 95% back now.... Didn't reload the photo software and redownload from the camera flash card yet, but I'll probably do that tomorrow after the kitty shelter supply mission... Now I just gotta avoid being so lazy about backups...... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Karsten Vinding Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 239 Credit: 25,201,931 RAC: 11 |
In my many years building PC's, I have been through a lot of drives, and different manufacturers. I'll see if I recall all of them correctly. My first HD was a Seagate 100Mb drive which came with my 386DX40 computer. Lasted for many years, and never failed. I actually have in my closet somewhere, and wouldn't be surprised if it still worked. The next one I got was a Western Digital 500Mb. Much faster than the Seagate, very reliable. Came to live in my brothers PC, where eventually it failed after many years of service. Next was a Quantum Fireball EL 5,1GB. Very reliable, made it into my nephews computer, and I got it back when he asked me to disasemble it (he's handicaped so he couldn't do it himself). Still works, but is also laying around in the closet. Next was the IBM DTTA-371010 10,1Gb. Produced december 99. Worked reliably for all the time that I used it, allthough it became noisy at the end, and did not allways spin the disk up at cold boot. Was replaced because of this. Next was a Quantum Fireball Plus AS 40 Gb. Also very reliable, still works. But this disk was extremely noisy from day one. Very very noisy. So it was only used for a year or so, and since then has been sitting in the closet, only to come out for short time duty. Next was a Maxtor 40Gb disc. Don't remember its name, crashed after 18 months of work as my primary drive taking all my precious files with it... Got a warranty replacement, a refurbished low profile drive, which lasted a year or so, before it died. I didn't try to replace this one, since it had a limited warranty, and the original drives warranty had run out. Then my worst disc ever, an IBM 40Gb. This one died after a few months, and so did the replacement, and the replacement for that. 3 drives, then I gave up, even though it was still under warranty..... Then a 80Gb Seagate ST38011A drive, which is at work today in my server computer, probably something like 4 years 24/7/365. Another Seagate 80Gb ST38021A, 3½ years 24/7/365. Still works, also in my server. Then a 200Gb Maxtor 6 B200M0. My first Sata drive. Still works after about 3 years, but sometimes doesn't spin up at boot-up, and even worse also won't spin-up after going to sleep. Still at work in my server, but about to be replaced, and I will try to get it replaced under warranty, which I think was 5 years for this model. Then a 160Gb Seagate ST3160212A Pata. About 2½ years 24/7/365. Still works as a charm in my server. Then a Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80 160Gb Pata. Less than two years old, but allready showing bad blocks, and I'm getting write errors writing to it. Still at work in my server but about to be replaced, and then sent in for replacement under warranty. Last drive is a Seagate ST3320620AS 320Gb Sata. Sitting in my main computer, works flawlessly. Only about 1 year old. I'll try to sum it up: 6 Seagate drives, none of them has failed. 5 of them still at work. 4 IBM drives, where one still works, but not reliably. 3 Maxtor drives, 2 have failed, 1 is failing, but still at work. 2 Quantum drives, both still work, but sitting in my closet. 1 Hitachi drive, which is failing, but is still at work. 1 WD, which ended up failing after many years of service. My experiences with Seagate drives have been outstanding, they have never failed me. All the rest of the manufacturers except Quantum (which is no more, was bought by Maxtor, who is now owned by Seagate), have failed miserably! I'm about to replace two disks in my server, guess which manufacturer I'm going to choose.... |
Paul D Harris Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 1122 Credit: 33,600,005 RAC: 0 |
Buy one for me because I will not buy another Seagate lousy software. |
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