I have had good results with Hitachi drives. I hope this doesn't mean their demise:
Jim
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Western Digital buys Hitachi
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goombawaho
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I have had great results with Western Digital drives. I hope this doesn't mean their demise. Wink, wink.
At the end of any discussion or news like this - one word.
BACKUP.
Thank you and good night.
At the end of any discussion or news like this - one word.
BACKUP.
Thank you and good night.
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Your are correct. All mechanical drives are subject to fail regardless of the brand name. I haven't had a Hitachi failure yet. (I know, I'm lucky), but I have replaced bad Western Digital and Seagate drives. I gasped a bit when i read this news item. 
So, back up your drives. I do.
Jim
So, back up your drives. I do.
Jim
goombawaho
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Okay - I should have started a "hijack this thread to discuss brand names", but the BACKUP!!! advice is sure applicable REGARDLESS of brand.
goombawaho
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Correction: should NOT have started
Be positive, all that excellent innovative Hitachi technology soon to be available on every cheap Western Digital drive! Yippee!!
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No comments here.
Reminds me of when I read heard that Maxtor bought Quantum. I remember the Quantum fireball being an excellent desktop drive manufacturer, then Maxtor bought 'em. I've never been quite the fan of Maxtor, though I did have one or two good drives by them early on.
On the WD/Hitachi deal, it may just be the luck of the draw, but I've seen far better performance and reliability out of the WD drives vs Hitachi that I've dealt with. Then again, b/c of my dealings with different folk's PCs, and performance reviews, etc, I've just never had a desire to look at Hitachis. Maybe Hitachi excels more at the enterprise class, such as the previous SCSI and current SAS drives?
Either way, let's hope it's for the best, not the worst.![[thumbsup2]](/data/assets/smilies/thumbsup2.gif "[thumbsup2] [thumbsup2]")
On the WD/Hitachi deal, it may just be the luck of the draw, but I've seen far better performance and reliability out of the WD drives vs Hitachi that I've dealt with. Then again, b/c of my dealings with different folk's PCs, and performance reviews, etc, I've just never had a desire to look at Hitachis. Maybe Hitachi excels more at the enterprise class, such as the previous SCSI and current SAS drives?
Either way, let's hope it's for the best, not the worst.
goombawaho
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kjv1611 - you're fanning the fire! I'm keeping quiet for once, though I concur. Oops.
![[poke]](/data/assets/smilies/poke.gif "[poke] [poke]")
hmmm... my experiences with the drive manufacturers so far...
Hitachi: No drive fail as of yet...
Seagate: drives failing left and right, lately two in the past week, one 3 months ago... Replacement drives are refurbs...
Wester Digital: Had one fail 3 and half months ago, before that not one, and since then either... Returned drive was a brand spanking new drive...
Samsung: see Hitachi above...
Maxtor (up until Seagate bought them): 3 or 4 failed out of the 10 that I had used...
IBM: not a single one, still got two DGAS 250mb drives laying around that work...
Quantum: one, was labeled with a HP sticker, perhaps that was the problem...
Toshiba: none, usually replaced them with bigger WD drives as soon as the Laptops came in...
Shugart: never used one...
do you remember these monsters?
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Hitachi: No drive fail as of yet...
Seagate: drives failing left and right, lately two in the past week, one 3 months ago... Replacement drives are refurbs...
Wester Digital: Had one fail 3 and half months ago, before that not one, and since then either... Returned drive was a brand spanking new drive...
Samsung: see Hitachi above...
Maxtor (up until Seagate bought them): 3 or 4 failed out of the 10 that I had used...
IBM: not a single one, still got two DGAS 250mb drives laying around that work...
Quantum: one, was labeled with a HP sticker, perhaps that was the problem...
Toshiba: none, usually replaced them with bigger WD drives as soon as the Laptops came in...
Shugart: never used one...
do you remember these monsters?
Ben
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How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
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goombawaho
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Yikes - what a memory BadBigBen. Was that from memory or do you have a "little black book" with hard drive names and performance analysis.
For once I don't feel so obsessive-compulsive in terms of list making.
I knew this thread would gain momentum in an unintended direction.
For once I don't feel so obsessive-compulsive in terms of list making.
I knew this thread would gain momentum in an unintended direction.
Can't say I remember that one - the Morrow Designs' .."system". We really have come a long way! I mean, they actually referred to it as a "system"! Well, I suppose that a hard drive (or SSD) is technically a system, but we just don't refer to them as such.
By the way, BBB, do you happen to have a date/year on that ad/article? I didn't see one at first glance, and would be curious as to how old it is.
Thanks for posting that - funny and amazing to think about all at the same time.
By the way, BBB, do you happen to have a date/year on that ad/article? I didn't see one at first glance, and would be curious as to how old it is.
Thanks for posting that - funny and amazing to think about all at the same time.
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I saw on a Google search that the 26mb was introduced in 1979. So, these were in the late 70's and early '80s.
Jim
Jim
KJV,
that was from around Jan. 1981, see:
Goom,
that was from memory, though I left out the drives I just axed due to old age... my memory is weird, in that I tend to remember titbits that should be best forgotten, e.g. Domino's Pizza phone number from when I attended college (AZ 1986) or my address the last time I lived in the US (Georgia 1993)... when it comes to numbers or techy-stuff I'll most likely remember it...
so: SYS 64738
Ben
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How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
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that was from around Jan. 1981, see:
Goom,
that was from memory, though I left out the drives I just axed due to old age... my memory is weird, in that I tend to remember titbits that should be best forgotten, e.g. Domino's Pizza phone number from when I attended college (AZ 1986) or my address the last time I lived in the US (Georgia 1993)... when it comes to numbers or techy-stuff I'll most likely remember it...
so: SYS 64738
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
goombawaho
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so: SYS 64738"
???????????????? Should I have understood that?
Yeah, I remember stuff that puts a chill down my spine - things best forgotten. All my passwords have my college sweetheart's phone number in them.
???????????????? Should I have understood that?
Yeah, I remember stuff that puts a chill down my spine - things best forgotten. All my passwords have my college sweetheart's phone number in them.
SYS 64738 - is the famous C64 BASIC reset code... ;-)
Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
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Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"
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