[Thinkpad] Hitachi drive difference?

[khourypa]

Almost sounds like some of the really old manufacturers who no
longer make drives (thank God).  Like Rodime or Miniscribe.

As for Travelstars dying without warning, yes.  And when they
do warn you before they die, they tend to be really noisy.
I only wonder that if Micropolis were still around, how their notebook
drives would be (since up until their demise, they made the best drives
you could buy).


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From: thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces at stderr.org] On
Behalf Of Canyonlands Computer Raypair
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:36 AM
To: Anthony R. Gold; Thinkpad at stderr.org
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Hitachi drive difference?

Yes, that drive was so bad as to require replacement - even if out of
warranty.  But most of the IBM Travelstar models were substantially more
trouble-prone than the comparable Toshiba and Western Digital laptop drives
larger than 6.4 GB. We have seen failure rates in our shop similar to the
Quantum, Fireball, and Connor desktop drives... and that is saying
something... had nothing to do with impact... the magnetic surface of the
plates curled off like old paint and bearing froze up as well.  We have a
collection in our display case.

RayBay

On 4/7/07, Anthony R. Gold <thinkpadlist2 at ahjg.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 09:52:12 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > Nope. IBM/Hitachi drives are deathstars. And they traditoinally die
> without
> > any warning at all.
>
> It was just the 75GXP DeskStar, and I'm sure if there was any type fault
> with any other drive the lawyers would have added them to the law suit.
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/23/ibm_hit_with_hard_drive/
> http://www.ibmdeskstar75gxplitigation.com/
>
> As an aside, I really don't care much about warranties with drives, I care
> about reliability and I don't know of a strong correlation between the
> two.  A reliable drive keeps my data safe.  A warranty claim gets me a
> replacement empty drive of no better quality than the one which failed.
> If I sold drives and not used them I might feel differently about this.
>
> Tony
>
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