I didn't have an especially good experience with my Mastor hd.
 10 gig 7 months old and died an early death (replaced under warranty)
though I really think part of its demise could be attributed to my using
hibernate mode a lot. I wasn't aware that it's very hard on all components -
won't ever use it again.

John Beaulieu


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>
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> >I need to buy a new Hard drive, size around 40 Gb.
> >I use an old Asus P2B motherboard, so I guess that the speed of the new
> >drives will not much be relevant (because the mobo supports only UDMA/33,
> >and I don't wish to buy a IDE card or a new mobo).
> >
> >I know the IBM 40Gb (60GXP series), and consider them, but I wish to
> >consider other options as well, such as Seagate, Western Digital,
Quantum,
> >or Maxtor.
> >
> >A friend of mine presses me to choose the Quantum saying that their
latest
> >HD is better and more reliable than the 40Gb IBM. I mainly interested in
> >reliability. I myself know that Quantum had some not so good products in
> >the past, while I have good experience with IBM drives, but maybe he
knows
> >what he says.
> >
> >Any recommendations?
> >
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