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Music Lover
For IDE Hard Disk, what brand do you think is the most reliable?
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Matt Gibson
Most realiable?
Maxtor Maxline.
Matt Gibson - GSEC
Maxtor Maxline.
Matt Gibson - GSEC
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izzy
Matt Gibson said:Most realiable?
Maxtor Maxline.
Matt Gibson - GSEC
Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital are 3 common brands. I don't think one is
more reliable than the other.
Although other people would argue that statement.
EviL.
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Matt Gibson
Yes, me being one of them.
The Maxtor Maxline series is designed to be more reliable (higher MTBF) than
the other brands.
Note: There may be other models from the other manufacturers that offer a
similar MTBF, but I'm not aware of it.
Matt Gibson - GSEC
The Maxtor Maxline series is designed to be more reliable (higher MTBF) than
the other brands.
Note: There may be other models from the other manufacturers that offer a
similar MTBF, but I'm not aware of it.
Matt Gibson - GSEC
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Guest
I've had never had a maxtor drive last longer than 2yrs. So I will get
nothing but WD drives.
nothing but WD drives.
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Kerry Brown
Music Lover said:For IDE Hard Disk, what brand do you think is the most reliable?
I have had similar fail rates from all brands. Maxtor seems to have the
easiest warranty to deal with.
Kerry
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Al Dykes
I have had similar fail rates from all brands. Maxtor seems to have the
easiest warranty to deal with.
Kerry
IMO, since you have to understand that the disk _you_ buy, no matter
what brand, may die RIGHT NOW and treat your important data
accordingly, I buy based on price and performance.
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Bob I
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Raymond J. Johnson Jr.
Matt Gibson said:Yes, me being one of them.
The Maxtor Maxline series is designed to be more reliable (higher MTBF) than
the other brands.
Note: There may be other models from the other manufacturers that offer a
similar MTBF, but I'm not aware of it.
Matt Gibson - GSEC
HD manufacturers' reliability data are mostly unreliable, result from
accelerated test projections, and are not based on real-world test
conditions. The fact is that if hard drives were tested to failure in real
time, using real-world test conditions, by the time results were available
the drives in question would be hopelessly obsolete. MTBF is a very slippery
slope, and is commonly misused as a *predictor* of the life of a given
product. It has a brother--MTTF--(Mean Time To Failure) which would probably
be a better indicator, but I guess MTBF is more sexy for some reason.
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Don Burnette
Music said:For IDE Hard Disk, what brand do you think is the most reliable?
Understand, you can get a lemon with any of them, however I have had my best
success with Western Digital.