Re: [Hampshire] Replacement hard drive question

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Author: Hugo Mills
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 06:09:33PM +0100, tony.lambert@??? wrote:
> I have a failing hard drive, and I am going to replace it, but I am at a
> loss as to which brand to choose from.
>
> Does anyone have any horror stories about certain brands of hard drive, and
> would avoid at all costs ?


Everyone does, about any brand you care to name. I will lay good
odds that you don't get any actually useful data from this question,
but are left instead with a feeling that *all* hard disks are both
incredibly reliable and desperately untrustworthy.

Hugo.

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