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Old 26-12-2004, 22:22   #16
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Re: are western digital harddrives any good?
Certainly, imo you really can't go wrong with either WD or Maxtor
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heard of Samsung ones blowing
I'm currently running to samsungs, no prob... my old western digital did fail tho...
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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.
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I'm currently running to samsungs, no prob... my old western digital did fail tho...
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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...
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