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From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (K. Khan)
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Subject: Re: "STICTION" and seagate ST251 and ST250R drives
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Date: 28 May 91 19:31:17 GMT
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1) I have had no problems
2) No clue
3) one is 2 years old, the other is about 3 months old (both ST251-1s)
4) Used every one to two days.

Note: According to the trade press, Seagate went through Quality Control
Hell a couple of years back; the failure rates on practically all their
drives was incredibly high for some reason. If yours if 4 years old, you
might have gotten one BEFORE the trouble started; mine were both purchased
AFTER the trouble had been taken care of. In any case, you're likely to get
more "bad" reports on drives produced during the time period in between.