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RE: [SLE] IBM hard drive
- From: Cleary_Mike@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:22:40 -0400
- Message-id: <54E90801719C734E9969C98D40DE1E86A06843@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On my home box I had SuSE 9.0 installed on an IBM deathstar. It crashed
this weekend - complete toast. I lost everything. Fortunately any critical
data is always backed up elsewhere. I ended up buying a Seagate 160GB (on
sale for $79.99 after rebate :)
Lesson learned...
Mike
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Cleary_Mike@xxxxxxx
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Windows is better for games; otherwise, you're better off
using an actual operating system.
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Amadeo Saeli [mailto:psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 2:34 PM
To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [SLE] IBM hard drive
* Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004.09.02 14:21]:
> Rikard Johnels wrote:
> >On Thursday 02 September 2004 09.58, John Andersen wrote:
> >>On Wednesday 01 September 2004 09:14 pm, marcia wrote:
> >>
> I have a number of DEATHSTARS I need to dispose of as waste. I recently
> bought a 120G one on the assurance of the guy in the shop that Hitachi
> has solved the IBM problem. I was desparate when I bought the last one
> as my experience just after Hitachi took them over was not a good one, I
> emailed my problem as directed on their website, hoping to have it
> replaced under warranty, I never got a reply.
> Regards
> Sid.
I have a IBM (now Hitachi) 48 GB TravelStar drive in my laptop that I
had to replace 4 (four!) times during its 3 year warranty period.
That's five drives, folks! One of the replacement drives only lasted
one week before hard failing. BTW, the laptop orig came with a 32 GB
IBM TravelStar which has been operating just fine during the 5 years
I've had it. I've had both drives installed continuously on the system
since purchasing the 48 GB drive.
I generally called IBM/Hitachi tech support to talk with a live
technician and would usually get a RMA number emailed to me after a day
or two.
Phil
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this weekend - complete toast. I lost everything. Fortunately any critical
data is always backed up elsewhere. I ended up buying a Seagate 160GB (on
sale for $79.99 after rebate :)
Lesson learned...
Mike
--------------------------------------------------------
Cleary_Mike@xxxxxxx
--------------------------------------------------------
Windows is better for games; otherwise, you're better off
using an actual operating system.
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Amadeo Saeli [mailto:psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 2:34 PM
To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [SLE] IBM hard drive
* Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2004.09.02 14:21]:
> Rikard Johnels wrote:
> >On Thursday 02 September 2004 09.58, John Andersen wrote:
> >>On Wednesday 01 September 2004 09:14 pm, marcia wrote:
> >>
> I have a number of DEATHSTARS I need to dispose of as waste. I recently
> bought a 120G one on the assurance of the guy in the shop that Hitachi
> has solved the IBM problem. I was desparate when I bought the last one
> as my experience just after Hitachi took them over was not a good one, I
> emailed my problem as directed on their website, hoping to have it
> replaced under warranty, I never got a reply.
> Regards
> Sid.
I have a IBM (now Hitachi) 48 GB TravelStar drive in my laptop that I
had to replace 4 (four!) times during its 3 year warranty period.
That's five drives, folks! One of the replacement drives only lasted
one week before hard failing. BTW, the laptop orig came with a 32 GB
IBM TravelStar which has been operating just fine during the 5 years
I've had it. I've had both drives installed continuously on the system
since purchasing the 48 GB drive.
I generally called IBM/Hitachi tech support to talk with a live
technician and would usually get a RMA number emailed to me after a day
or two.
Phil
--
Philip Amadeo Saeli
SuSE Linux 9.0
psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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