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From: knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 45MB removable disk reliability
Message-ID: <5520@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 13 May 89 16:48:52 GMT
References: <494@grand.UUCP>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <494@grand.UUCP> day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) writes:
>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.
>
[..]
>Has anyone out there had consistently good
>experience with these things, or are they
>indeed shaky?
>
> --dave yost

I use my 9 month old MassMicro 45MB removable almost daily for backup.
So far it has performed flawlessly. But I think I would not use a
removable hard disk as the primary storage medium for fear of a crash.
The probability of your hard disk and your removable crashing at the
same time, causing you to lose both original data and backup, is in
my opinion negligible.

Currently, I cannot imagine a more convenient and cost-effective way
to backup large hard disks.

Edgar

(knapp@cs.utexas.edu)