Author Topic: My first experience........ (Read 628 times)

1776 · « **on:** August 26, 2001, 08:01:00 AM »

with Western Digital Hard drives has also become my last!!!

Their product went bad within a very short time.

SKurj · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2001, 08:16:00 AM »

I had great luck with their products of long ago.. not experienced any of their current products.
A caviar I bought must be 5 yrs ago now is still running fine.

SKurj

qts · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2001, 03:38:00 PM »

1776, this is actually normal with electric equipment in general: either they fail very quickly or they last ages. This is why lightbulbs almost always fail when switched on or off, never while on. Send it back under warranty and get a replacement. Should that fail...

1776 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2001, 09:34:00 PM »

Went to their community BBS and found the solution

It's a shame they don't provide the info that was needed to fix my problem in their trouble shooting part of the booklet. Many others have had the same problem.

Will try IBM next time.

Rocket · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2001, 07:47:00 AM »

Salute!

My 4gb WD is still ticking after 4 yrs of it falling off the spindle while spinning up. I even called WD support and let the guy listen to it

and he said welp it could last 1 day or 10 yrs ya never know. Since then I have switched to IBM. I have 2 of em in this system the oldest is 2 yrs old and both are running smooth so far.
I just think with HDDs you can either get a good one or a bad one. doesn't seem to be much in between. No matter the brand name.

S!
Rocket

Westy MOL · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2001, 07:52:00 AM »

I found out the hardware it is best to stick with brand name componants.
That $19.95 CD rom at Staples is not going to lats, will be noisy as hell and your rebate will take 11 months to get to you

Westy

Lephturn · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2001, 03:21:00 PM »

I still have a Quantum 40 MEG drive that works fine. Yes, 40 MEG, not Gig.

Hence, I have always bought Quantum drives. I have not lost one. There was one model years ago around the 850 Meg size (if I remember right) that had a high error rate, but other than that I've always found Quantum drives to be high quality. I worked hardware support, and then network support for many years.... so I have a reasonable amount of experience to base my opinion on. I still buy Quantum. They are not always the fastest, but they have always proven to be good quality reliable drives for me.