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trd@murlibobo.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Tyson Richard DOWD) writes:

>daveney@speednet.com.au (Graham Daveney) writes:

>>Hi Guys,

>>   I need to buy a 2 Gig EIDE drive and I have a choice between:

>>   Quantum
>>   Seagate
>>   Maxtor

>>   I was hoping to buy the Quantum as that was the largest for my price range.

>>   Can you guys let me know if you had any preferences, and which one would
>>be the best drive in terms of reliability and abilty to withstand alot of 
>>pounding, I was wanting to use it for a news feed so it will need to be 
>>pretty robust.

Hello..

	Never buy a Maxtor ... I have had 2 and they both have had to be
swapped over because they have bad sectors on them .. or the heads crashed.
I have had about 5 friends that i know of with exactly the same problem.

Advice: go for the 2.5gig Quantum if u can afford it .. or the 2gig range as
they are reliabe and fast. Also make sure to see whether your bios can handle
these large drives before you buy it .. but the only way to find out would to
plug it in :)

Anthony.

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