Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!grand!day
From: day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: 45MB removable disk reliability
Message-ID: <494@grand.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 89 07:06:09 GMT
Organization: Grand Software, Inc., 213-650-1089, Los Angeles, CA
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Recently I asked if anyone had experience
with any of the various 45MB removable disk
drives.  Apparently all the different brands
are made by the same manufacturer, Syquest.

I got one reply that said he had a head crash
right away and sent it back, and that he had
heard of head crashes from several other people.

I read in the manuals that you have to be very
careful, don't jar the drive when it's running,
follow such and such insertion and ejection
procedures gently, etc., and they say, as with any
hard disk drive, BACK UP YOUR DATA!  Well, backup
is what I want to use the drive for in the first
place, so this doesn't sound too reassuring.

Has anyone out there had consistently good
experience with these things, or are they
indeed shaky?

 --dave yost