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From: amlovell@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Anthony M Lovell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Seagate ST225 D.O.A.
Message-ID: <2845@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 10 May 88 17:05:16 GMT
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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The 20 meg drive in our XT has breathed its last.  I understand it is
the Volkswagen of the hard disk world.  Are these babies any good, or
are they perennial troublemakers?
  Ours would always start up sounding like a bicycle wheel with a
playing card in the spokes, and we had to "play" with the power switch
to get it running smoothly.   Now, it gives seek errors.
  Is it likely that this is all due to the bargain basement nature of
the device, or might it really be something else?
Please respond via mail or posting.

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amlovell@phoenix.princeton.edu     ...since 1963.

disclaimer:
These are MY opinions.  You only WISH they were yours.