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From: gerber@buzzer.enet.dec.com (Robert M. Gerber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard Drives
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Date: 24 Jul 90 17:20:28 GMT
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	I have an ST-251 from Seagate (ST506 interface).  I have not had any problems
in over two years with it.  I have left it powered up for two days at the most.
I have also done many power cycles in a few minutes while adding memory. 

	I have backed up my drive on a pretty regular schedule.  Does this prevent
Murphy's Law from killing my drive? Maybe not, however if it does ever die, I
know I won't have lost mush work.

I have seen (many) other ST251's die with the nospinup problem.  I will
probably
wind up with a quantum and or a SYQUEST for my next drive(s).  This is because
I want to get an A3000 soon (comes with a QUANTUM of course...), and I think a
SYQUEST would provide me with the rest of the disk requirements I might need
for a long time.  (Providing I get enough cartridges. :-) )
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Come to think of it, they may not be mine either!