Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!pasteur!ames!killer!egs From: egs@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Schnoebelen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Hard disk problem Summary: ST-251's don't seem very good either Message-ID: <5255@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Date: 21 Aug 88 02:15:14 GMT References: <20389@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: u-word!egs@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Schnoebelen) Organization: John W. Bridges & Associates, Inc. Lines: 25 In article <20389@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> msriram@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (M.G. SriRam) writes: >Many thanks to all who responded to my message describing a problem with my > And i thought SEAGATE was a good >brand! i am going to get my dealer to replace this drive with another brand. I too thought that Seagate was a "good" brand. We had good luck with the 4038 full height drives, as none have died in the last year and a half, and most of ours are at least that old ( knock on wood ). BUT, We recently ( in May ) got two ST-251's which I installed in my 386 unix box as the primary and secondary file systems. About a month or so ago they started generating errors, and this week, they got so common that I gave up and installed a recently rebuilt Maxtor drive ( a 1140/2190, but that is another story ). I have yet to re-format the drives, but I don't think they will come near my unix box again, nor will we order any more of these drives.. The above are my experiences/opinions, and while probably accepted by my employer, they are not his... Eric Schnoebelen John W. Bridges and Associates, Inc. Lewisville, Tx u-word!egs@killer.dallas.tx.us .sig not found: arghhhhhhhhhhh