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fitfella29
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i want a 7200rpm 60gb hardrive for about £80 / $130.any recommendations?
Originally posted by gtgarside
IBM, Maxtor, Fujitsu Siemens, Western Digital, all are alright, all have the potential to fail, some will fail. They are all fine, if one was really bad then it wouldnt be in business.
Just make sure you go with a brand that is well known such as those mentioned above. Look at the features and the prices to decide.
Correct, because (according to a small statistics collection in another big forum I often visit) IBM Deskstar drives usually fail after 9 months. Probably not to be trusted though . But IBM do have problems. This is more than "my second cousin's last roomate's brother". This is more "more than half the IBM owners I know".Originally posted by Iceman38
the fact that I have had my two IBM hard drives for six months without any problems, is not a good indicator either
Yes of course.Originally posted by Iceman38
Zedric, while I respect your opinion, I think we are just gonna have to agree to disagree on this subject.
and I did say my two IBM Hard drives could fail tomorrow, once again I'll state it for the record, all hard drives have a potential fail rate
I can only tell what I know. Fact of life. If someone asks me if IBM would be a good choice I will tell them what I know about the subject. And what I have learned is that alot of people I have spoken to have complained about failing IBM disks. I've only heard one or two complain about other brands. We are now talking about fairly new 7200 RPM drives of course. If you have other experiences, fine. I respect that too. But this is what I have learned.IBM Deskstars get pretty good reviews from everything I've read and seen, and sure there are people out there who have had IBM hard drives fail on them, but to make a statement that half of the IBM hard drives fail, is simply not accurate.
Your only hearing from the few that had hard drive failures, not the thousands that haven't had a single problem.