Re: Death of a 2nd WD hard drive
On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 02:18:50PM -0400, David B.Teague wrote:
> I had a 1.6 GB Caviar drive to die with that horrible clicking
> prior to its death.The computer was at 1992 vintage 486-33.
>
> The WD Caviar 1.6 GB drives are reputed to be flakey. It was a
> design flaw of some kind. They apparently rectivied the problem.
Was that the 21600, or the 31600? I have a 31600 here which I've had
for a few years and it's just fine.
I've had/have lots of WDs.. 340, 420, 730, 1.6, 6.4, with no problems.
The 730 is a bit flakey, but they didn't make that one for long.
Hamish
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