Re: Which hard drive brand ?

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From: Ian Smith
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00

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wbarwell@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (William Barwell) wrote:

>I have had a Fujitsu SCSI 540 HD that has run flawlessly for about
>3 years now. I bought it specifically because it had a 5 year warranty.
>It is extremely quiet.  Just an occasional little burble as it 
>recalibrates itself for temperature from time to time. Otherwise I forget 
>it is one even though it is right next to me.

>Has anybody got any experience with IBM hard disks?

Well, I've been running an IBM 1Gb HD (E-IDE) for about a month now,
and really, my experience of this drive seems to concur with your
experience of Fujitsu drives. I previously had Seagate and Conner
drives but both these tended to be on the noisy side. 

As far as reliability is concerned, its too early for me to say, but
so far I've had no problems whatsoever.

When I was looking to buy a HD, IBM was not really a contender. In
fact, I really wanted a Western Digital but my supplier had
discontinued them and offered IBM (among others) as an alternative.
Suffice to say I chose IBM, and so far I've had no regrets.

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From: ian@dsmith.u-net.com (Ian Smith)
Subject: Re: Which hard drive brand ?
Date: 1996/07/09
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