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ian@huth · 23-08-2005, 11:27

The oldest drive I have that is still working is a massive 40 Mb drive that was made by a company in Scotland. Forget the company name but it is a 40 Mb drive not 40 Gb. It is an an old system somewhere in the loft from the late 70's running c/cpm. It is partitioned into 4 x 10 Mb partitions which I never ever filled even one of them. Partitioning and formatting drives in those days was a very different kettle of fish to how it is today

Other than that the two oldest drives that work perfectly are both IBM 528 Mb drives that are about 11 years old.

Many drives fail because of poor handling which affects drives from every manufacturer. You can be as careful as you like when handling drives but will never know how they have been handled before they get to you. Many courier drivers don't bother reading the fragile , handle with care, keep dry and this way up messages pasted on packages they carry. They give you the package in a way that suggests that they are taking great care of it but they have probably kicked it around, dropped it and thrown it about in their van many times before it got to your door.

23-08-2005, 11:27	#23
ian@huth Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Services: VM 10Mb, TU, 1xSky HD, 2xSky+ (HD,all packs, sports & movies) 2xDVD PVR's, Freesat Freeview & other Posts: 4,536	Re: Does a decent hard drive manufacturer actually exist? The oldest drive I have that is still working is a massive 40 Mb drive that was made by a company in Scotland. Forget the company name but it is a 40 Mb drive not 40 Gb. It is an an old system somewhere in the loft from the late 70's running c/cpm. It is partitioned into 4 x 10 Mb partitions which I never ever filled even one of them. Partitioning and formatting drives in those days was a very different kettle of fish to how it is today Other than that the two oldest drives that work perfectly are both IBM 528 Mb drives that are about 11 years old. Many drives fail because of poor handling which affects drives from every manufacturer. You can be as careful as you like when handling drives but will never know how they have been handled before they get to you. Many courier drivers don't bother reading the fragile , handle with care, keep dry and this way up messages pasted on packages they carry. They give you the package in a way that suggests that they are taking great care of it but they have probably kicked it around, dropped it and thrown it about in their van many times before it got to your door.