[KLUG Members] Win2k+linux and some questions on Hard drives

[Jeff Palmer]

i would have said IBM too.... until..... there is now a class action suit in 
the UK against IBM for defective drives and ill-handling of warranty 
issues.....

.... higher end fujitsu drives with their fluid bearings are good.....

the current top of the WD line is actually a fairly reliable series of 
drives..... and the fastest IDE drive ever made is (for the moment) the 100 
GB WD with 8 meg buffer.....

what is in my box? IBM... and hmmm whats that other one..... ohh gee IBM 
also.... both deskstar series IDE drives..... one an old 5400rpm 8.4 and the 
other a 45 gig 75GXP series 7200 rpm drive (the fastest IDE drive available 
when i bought it....) the problems with the IBM drives were/are (not sure if 
it's all fixed yet) with 75GXPs.... i however bought mine before that issue 
came to light... and have not had the slightest problem with it.... i can 
still personally recomend IBM if i only go by my own experience..... but 
then again... there are those other drives...


currently the 75GXP series IBMs... still the fastest IBMs for sale (IDE 
here... not even mentioning SCSI stuff) ....are the hottest running IDE 
drives available today... unventalated they will get up to over 45 degrees 
C......  make sure you have decent case airflow if you plan on buying 
one.... they are also no longer the fastest..... the WD 1000BB with 8 meg 
cache is faster AND cooler running..... but some people have issues with WD 
reliability..... i personally have only owned two WDs.... one... a caviar 
2850 .. 850 meg drive.... it's been abused... in and out of god known how 
many boxes... and still runs.... never lost a bit of data ever...... the 
other... was 3.2 gigs... and i only had about a year before i sold it...... 
so i dont know about it...



just throwing out some information...

Jeff


_________________________________________________________________
MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: 
http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx