Don't worry, I'm most likely only here to post this one (somewhatO.T.) message.

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Cousin said:
For those
who've never experienced it, it's pretty much the same noise the heads
make when they park as the computer is shut down or goes into a lower
power state.
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In the summertime (high heat and humidity), my ribbon cable connection
sometimes goes bad and I have to open the box and pull it off and on a few
times. The drive makes the same sound. More of a "doinking" sound, I'd say.
 
ms said:
Maybe newer WD drives are not as well-made as earlier ones?

My old 1996 2.5 GB drive, running daily but accessed seldom in the
past 5 years, still works fine. My old XT had a WD that worked fine,
and my current 15 GB WD has been working fine in daily use since 2000.
I've had really good luck with them.
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since i'd dealt wiht newer and older wd, and a deathstar of same era, i've read of these.

as well as i recall reading, teh deathstars were the early 7200 rpm 15 or 20 gb drives, circa early 2000.

the flaky wd's were a little later, early 2001 i think? (and 5400 rpm)

also i thought that seagate bumped up the warranty to 5 yr, (while wd went to 3 yr and maxtor remained at 1 yr.??)

it seems the HD mfr would have an idea of reliability from accelerated tsting, but the system assmeblers might not be informed
by hd mfrs?
 
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:29:01 -0800, John Corliss

Hi John,

Yes off topic, actually very.

I see you have also posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt

A far better group for your post, and I think the responses there
have been more imformative to you than here. A *very* helpful group
about hardware. Kinda like this one about freeware.
 
Not so off-topic, actually. He was warning that it might be a good idea
to steer clear of Maxtor drives if you have a large archive of freeware
that you store on HDDs.

You're right, though, about the pc-homebuilt group being more
informative (and knowledgeable, I'd add). Why is it that some people on
this group are so quick to criticise? And it's the destructive type of
criticism - putting people down rather than offering anything sensible
or helpful.

In my case the only drive I've had fail was a Maxtor about a year old.
The local computer store tells me that Maxtors are known to fail.
 
ziba said:
Not so off-topic, actually. He was warning that it might be a good idea
to steer clear of Maxtor drives if you have a large archive of freeware
that you store on HDDs.

You're right, though, about the pc-homebuilt group being more
informative (and knowledgeable, I'd add). Why is it that some people on
this group are so quick to criticise? And it's the destructive type of
criticism - putting people down rather than offering anything sensible
or helpful.

In my case the only drive I've had fail was a Maxtor about a year old.
The local computer store tells me that Maxtors are known to fail.
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"Not so off-topic" Obviously the OP had an agenda. If I would post a
comment that said "you shouldn't use Nvidia video cards to view freeware",
would you say that is off-topic. Or how about slamming Sound Blaster when
playing audio from Freeware.

What's good about this NG is that I don't have to wade through the BS to get
to pertinent information.

I applaud the contributors that jump on off-topic postings. I am
disappointed that more did not criticize this one.

Dave H.
 
Obviously the OP had an agenda. If I would post a
comment that said "you shouldn't use Nvidia video cards to view
freeware", would you say that is off-topic. Or how about slamming
Sound Blaster when playing audio from Freeware.
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If you made a case that nVidia cards or Sound Blasters had flaws that
could wipe out freeware archives, as the OP did, at least there would
be a case for calling it on topic. But, yeah, the case is at best
tenuous.
What's good about this NG is that I don't have to wade through the
BS to get to pertinent information.
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My favorites are the "I know this is not about freeware, but I thought
I'd ask you guys . . . " posts.

But I've yet to see a group where all posts are on topic, and you're
right that there's not much off topic stuff to wade through here
(usually).
 
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