OT: Here's how to handle a hard disk !!!!

[Guest RJK]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

 

....clik the video link.

 

....I cringed whilst watching it !!!

 

regards, Richard

[Guest Doug W.]

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Re: Here's how to handle a hard disk !!!!

 

 

"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>

> ...clik the video link.

>

> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>

> regards, Richard

>

>

 

Why????

>

[Guest Rachel]

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Re: Here's how to handle a hard disk !!!!

 

I don't get it.

 

"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>

> ...clik the video link.

>

> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>

> regards, Richard

>

>

>

[Guest Big_Al]

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Rachel wrote:

> I don't get it.

>

> "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:%23qXwmd1xIHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>

>> ...clik the video link.

>>

>> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>

>> regards, Richard

>>

>>

>>

>

>

And I thought I was going crazy. I don't either.

 

But I thought she was cute. :-)

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

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RJK wrote:

> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>

> ...clik the video link.

>

> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>

 

 

So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

"well-engineered" and "reliable."

 

 

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[Guest philo]

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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message

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> RJK wrote:

> > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

> >

> > ...clik the video link.

> >

> > ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

> >

>

>

> So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

> "well-engineered" and "reliable."

>

>

 

 

The only thing I thought was funny...

the mention that the drive was a "really fast" 7200 rpm.

 

 

That's 100% standard

[Guest VanguardLH]

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"Bruce Chambers" wrote in <news:OX0UFL3xIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>:

> RJK wrote:

>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>

>> ...clik the video link.

>>

>> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>

>

> So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

> "well-engineered" and "reliable."

 

So how do you feel about Seagate hard disks?

[Guest Bob I]

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philo wrote:

> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message

> news:OX0UFL3xIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>

>>RJK wrote:

>>

>>>http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>>

>>>...clik the video link.

>>>

>>>...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>>

>>

>>

>>So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

>>"well-engineered" and "reliable."

>>

>>

>

>

>

> The only thing I thought was funny...

> the mention that the drive was a "really fast" 7200 rpm.

>

>

> That's 100% standard

>

>

 

Suppose she worked at BB?

[Guest Ian D]

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"RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>

> ...clik the video link.

>

> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>

> regards, Richard

>

>

>

What struck me funny about that video was that monstrous fan

blowing against a wall with a few holes in it. Had the drive cage

been rotated 90*, it would have great airflow across the drives,

into the case.

[Guest HeyBub]

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Big_Al wrote:

> And I thought I was going crazy. I don't either.

>

> But I thought she was cute. :-)

 

No tits.

[Guest Bob I]

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HeyBub wrote:

> Big_Al wrote:

>

>>And I thought I was going crazy. I don't either.

>>

>>But I thought she was cute. :-)

>

>

> No tits.

>

>

 

Baby seals are cute, so I don't believe those are necessary to qualify

as "cute". ;-)

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

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VanguardLH wrote:

> "Bruce Chambers" wrote in <news:OX0UFL3xIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>:

>

>> RJK wrote:

>>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>>

>>> ...clik the video link.

>>>

>>> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>>

>> So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

>> "well-engineered" and "reliable."

>

> So how do you feel about Seagate hard disks?

 

 

Depends on the specific type (SCSI, etc) and era. They've had good

years and bad years. Same as with most manufacturers, really; it's just

that Maxtor's seemed to me to have many more bad years than good. (And

don't get me started ion that execrable MaxBlast!)

 

 

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Bruce Chambers

 

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killed a great many philosophers.

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[Guest RJK]

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ummmm, there are so many type of Maxtor drives, I've come across several 1/4

height? / very slim 3 1/2" - noisy | whining | short lived ones.

....didn't Hitachi take over a hd manufacturer recently i.e. aren't most

Seagate and Maxtor drive mostly the same nowadays ?

....atm I have a MAXTOR STM380811AS (boot drive) and a MAXTOR STM3160811AS

(storage)... both extremely quiet and reliable !

 

....also there's a MAXTOR STM380811AS in Dad's PC in the house, and three

times across the past couple of years it's Ghost iamge backup pumped back in

i.e. it wouldn't boot up at all. That last time it had a thorough "Spinrite

6'ing" and that didn't highlight any problems - ...I was left suspecting

that the "fast-boot" or "Super-boot" option in the bios on his board was

causing the problem. i.i there was mentio in the manual that parts of the

Windows OS were "saved" ..or something like that ,. ...never did fing time

to pin it down !

 

I've always like Seagate hd's, ...strange how lots of the Maxtors have

Seagate part Nos' :-)

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message

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> RJK wrote:

>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>

>> ...clik the video link.

>>

>> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>

>

>

> So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

> "well-engineered" and "reliable."

>

>

> --

>

> Bruce Chambers

>

> Help us help you:

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

>

> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary

> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

>

> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand

> Russell

>

> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has

> killed a great many philosophers.

> ~ Denis Diderot

[Guest RJK]

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....it's only the "slim" Maxtors, a few years ago I found to be not too

reliable, and they didn't last very long, and they made a very loud whine as

well.

My MAXTOR STM380811AS (boot drive) and a MAXTOR STM3160811AS (storage) hd's

are going strong, and are REALLY quiet !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>

>

> philo wrote:

>

>> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message

>> news:OX0UFL3xIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>

>>>RJK wrote:

>>>

>>>>http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>>>

>>>>...clik the video link.

>>>>

>>>>...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

>>>"well-engineered" and "reliable."

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>>

>> The only thing I thought was funny...

>> the mention that the drive was a "really fast" 7200 rpm.

>>

>>

>> That's 100% standard

>>

>>

>

> Suppose she worked at BB?

>

[Guest RJK]

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Lack of anti-static precautions ! ...unless her ankles were earthed. i.e.

she didn't even lick her fingers and touch a "large metal object" e.g. the

case chassis ? ...her "thoughtless" handling of the hd - repeatedly

touching the IDE board - I didn't like !

....not initially correctly "offering up" the SATA plug i.e. LOOKING to

check the "L" shaped orientations in the SATA plug and socket !!! ...

someone should have told her they existed !

....bless her, she did a lovely job BUT, was not properly trained to convey

just a little system building caution and expertise !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote in message

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> "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>

>> ...clik the video link.

>>

>> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>

>> regards, Richard

>>

>>

>

> Why????

>>

>

[Guest RJK]

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....that's because you perhaps are not a system builder ?

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Rachel" <petlamb@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>I don't get it.

>

> "RJK" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:%23qXwmd1xIHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>

>> ...clik the video link.

>>

>> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>

>> regards, Richard

>>

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Michael W. Ryder]

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RJK wrote:

> ummmm, there are so many type of Maxtor drives, I've come across several 1/4

> height? / very slim 3 1/2" - noisy | whining | short lived ones.

> ...didn't Hitachi take over a hd manufacturer recently i.e. aren't most

> Seagate and Maxtor drive mostly the same nowadays ?

 

IIRC Hitachi bought IBM's desktop drive business and Seagate bought

Maxtor. I don't think Western Digital or Samsung are part of any of the

other companies.

 

> ...atm I have a MAXTOR STM380811AS (boot drive) and a MAXTOR STM3160811AS

> (storage)... both extremely quiet and reliable !

>

> ...also there's a MAXTOR STM380811AS in Dad's PC in the house, and three

> times across the past couple of years it's Ghost iamge backup pumped back in

> i.e. it wouldn't boot up at all. That last time it had a thorough "Spinrite

> 6'ing" and that didn't highlight any problems - ...I was left suspecting

> that the "fast-boot" or "Super-boot" option in the bios on his board was

> causing the problem. i.i there was mentio in the manual that parts of the

> Windows OS were "saved" ..or something like that ,. ...never did fing time

> to pin it down !

>

> I've always like Seagate hd's, ...strange how lots of the Maxtors have

> Seagate part Nos' :-)

>

See my comment above.

> regards, Richard

>

>

> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message

> news:OX0UFL3xIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> RJK wrote:

>>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>>>

>>> ...clik the video link.

>>>

>>> ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>>>

>>

>> So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

>> "well-engineered" and "reliable."

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>> Bruce Chambers

>>

>> Help us help you:

>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

>>

>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

>>

>> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary

>> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

>>

>> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand

>> Russell

>>

>> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has

>> killed a great many philosophers.

>> ~ Denis Diderot

>

>

[Guest M.I.5¾]

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"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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>

> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message

> news:OX0UFL3xIHA.5892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> RJK wrote:

>> > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129570

>> >

>> > ...clik the video link.

>> >

>> > ...I cringed whilst watching it !!!

>> >

>>

>>

>> So did I, when she actually said that a Maxtor hard drive was

>> "well-engineered" and "reliable."

>>

>>

>

>

> The only thing I thought was funny...

> the mention that the drive was a "really fast" 7200 rpm.

>

>

> That's 100% standard

>

 

Not that necessarily. The last 7200 rpm drive I bought had "33% faster than

a 5400 rpm drive" emblazoned across the box.