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From: wilcox@hydra.unm.edu (Sherman Wilcox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: REMOVABLES TRASHING HARD DISKS ???!!!
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Date: 21 Sep 90 14:05:02 GMT
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In article <9549.26f8a1f0@rsmas.miami.edu> miller@rsmas.miami.edu writes:
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>So, the obvious question is "Are removables (perhaps Syquest's in particular)
>trashing hard drives for no reason?". 
>
>Let's hear from any others who have had similar problems to those described
>above AND LET'S HEAR FROM _COMPANIES_ _WHICH_ *SELL* _REMOVABLES_, particularly
>DPI and Syquest.

Well, this is terribly frightful, especially since I had just last night
finally made a decision to by a DPI Syquest as my backup of choice, over
a Teac tape system.

I'd like to second the plea to hear from others concerning Sysquest
removeables. Do they trash hard drives? Should I, yet again, re-consider
by backup decision?