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From: cml@rti.UUCP (Carl Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: about Seagates...
Message-ID: <2780@rti.UUCP>
Date: 10 Feb 89 20:44:41 GMT
Reply-To: cml@rti.UUCP (Carl Lewis)
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
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In article <7785@netnews.upenn.edu> silver@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP 
(Andy Silverman) writes:

>I'm inclined to agree with you- people are always much more vocal when they're
>dissatisfied with a product.  I've had my Seagate ST238 RLL drive for about
>2 years.  It came with ZERO hard defects, and no soft errors have ever shown
>up even after 2 years of relatively heavy use.  I have no complaints about it
>at all.  Incidentally, the ST238 is based on 225 technology.  I wonder if the
>changes for RLL control made it any more reliable?

Andy,

The current PC World has a couple of pages on hard drives, the special
surface on the ST238R, and some interesting tricks to keep your drive 
under control.  They also explain some common sources of disk failures.

The ST238R that I installed last week also came with zero hard defects
and so far is purring and clicking happily away.  

I plan on some sensible backing up and on following the defensive
maintenance procedures outlined in the article.  

Of course, I'm the kind of guy that changes his car oil himself every 3,000 
miles, so I may be a bit more fussy than some folks :-).

  Carl Lewis