[geeks] disk advice

[Peter Street]

I've had a 75GPX 75GB now for over a year (Bought it Sept 2000), and
I've recommended similar variants of the drives for many people.  As of
yet, I've had no drives go down - that's out of around 10-15 drives
purchased since that time.

Peter Street
Web Developer / Manager
LazerFX Productions
www.lazerfx.co.uk (Under Construction)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org] On
Behalf
> Of Peter L. Wargo
> Sent: 20 February 2002 16:06
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] disk advice
> 
> I just swapped out my IBM 45M 75GXP-series for a 5400 RPM Maxtor 80G.
> I'm quite happy - it's a bit slower, but I bet it'll last longer. (The
> 75GXP drives, especially the 30M and 45M, have a really high failure
> rate.  REALLY high.)