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....especially for those of you who own IBM Deskstar HDDs. I'm not sure if this has been posted before. Anyway we have had one die in each of our computers, around a year after we brough them. All of the data can be recovered, but its a pain and a waste of money. So for those of you who own one, I suggest you back it up, and for those of you in the market for a HDD dont get one.Adam
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How about Hitachi? IBM sold their HD manufacturing to Hitachi. I have a brand new Hitachi deskstar and it's been working fine and quiet.
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Not sure, but if they sold it to someone else to make, I would imagine the build quailty would be better
Adam
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Ah yes - the infamous Deskstars! Give ya that old "click of death" then pass away, way before they should.Yeah, this is something i've heard all too often with the IBMs. I personally stay with Western Digital, but either them or Maxtor are probably the best for IDE drives.------ BUZZ ------
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Not good news for IBM. I worked there 13 years but ever since I left in 1993 that company has gone to heck!
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>Not good news for IBM. I worked there 13 years but ever
>since I left in 1993 that company has gone to heck! I spent 5 years with IBM, from 1965 to 1970 and I agree with you that the company has gone downhill from what it was.
I believe that IBM and Hitachi have a technolical agreement. The heads and head stacks are still made by IBM in their South San Jose factory. Hitachi may place higher standards on these components and reject the inferior parts that IBM would routinely accept and put into their drives. This may result in a more reliable product, but only time will tell.
One other comment about hard disks. I have the opinion that Seagate also makes an unreliable drive. Seagate, like IBM, manufactures their own heads and head stacks. Their facility, in Minnesota, is still using 20 year old manufacturing technology and I have experienced premature failures with their products as well.
I have experienced long life and reliable service from both Western Digital and Maxtor.
I worked at a disk head manufacturing company for 6 years and many of my co-workers were from either Seagate or IBM. My 2 cents on the subject....
Bill
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