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jamesclarke555

26-12-2004 22:22

Re: are western digital harddrives any good?

Certainly, imo you really can't go wrong with either WD or Maxtor :tu:

OinkyBoinky

26-12-2004 22:25

Re: are western digital harddrives any good?

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

heard of Samsung ones blowing

I'm currently running to samsungs, no prob... my old western digital did fail tho...

kronas

26-12-2004 22:29

Re: are western digital harddrives any good?

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Originally Posted by Stuartbe

Ditto :tu:

I have seen to many of them failing.... would not touch then with a barge poll !

mine took a few weeks to fail after a previous (fault free one) was replaced, long story has numerous problems with the PC.

jamesclarke555

26-12-2004 22:32

Re: are western digital harddrives any good?

Quote:

Originally Posted by OinkyBoinky

I'm currently running to samsungs, no prob... my old western digital did fail tho...

IBM Deathstars are the real ones to avoid ;)

OinkyBoinky

26-12-2004 22:34

Re: are western digital harddrives any good?

hehe, i got an old 500mb of them somewhere.. still working fine... just a bit slow and lacking space...

danielf

26-12-2004 23:14

Re: are western digital harddrives any good?

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

IBM Deathstars are the real ones to avoid ;)

Yes, I will second that. No warning, nothing, dead as a dodo from one day to the next :(

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