On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:16:09 GMT, "dr. who?" <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>Don Kennyonie <msizlac@springfield.net> wrote in
>news:XnsA3D2A1852479Dpinchenoffasteamerne@74.209.136.92:
>> x2lls wrote in news:0c7o4al9rf0at51c062pngr2mibe70ddpa@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On 25 Oct 2014 17:09:15 GMT, Don Kennyonie <msizlac@springfield.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>No problem, just as soon as I am done with the newer stuff.
>>>>
>>>>DK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>BTW - You didn't have one of those POS Western Digital Drives did you?
>>>>
>>>>Anywhere between 1% an 5% fail and THEY KNOW IT!
>>>>
>>>>Oh, they send you a new drive but all your stuff is gone forever.
>>>>
>>>>During an upgrade last year I bought a new 1 TB WD drive and
>>>>transfered everything to it for reinstall on the new system.
>>>>
>>>>The POS died and years of stuff gone!
Years of stuff gone, so , the drive eventually failed... big joy..
>>>>Needless to say I DO NOT USE WD DRIVES!
>>>>
>>>>Toshiba seems good as it they show up in a number of new gaming
>>>>machines.
>>>>
>>>>Samsung, Seagate, beware of Hitachi as they are now owned by WD
>>>>anything but WD.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you really think that when a company gets taken over, they throw
>>> away that company's manufacturing equipment?
>>>
>>> ALL drives fail, yes ALL!
>>>
>>> Ever heard of backups?
>>>
>>
>
>just my 2 cents
>i am with you on not using WD drives. the only one i ever had died
>luckily i got most of the stuff back by asking for reposts etc
>also KindaShy was reposting a lot of his stuff
>also luckily (?) my mind is going so i can't remember what i had
>dr.who?
TOP post adjusted....
>> Hey Einstein!
>> The company sets the QC, lower QC = higher profit!
>> Ever heard of statistics - Well if you went beyound basic
>> math you would know that it is how and when you sample.
>> More samples = more data and that allows more adjustment in
>> the process which reduces failure rate. That costs money.
>> WD settled for lower cost at the expense of higher failure.
>> ALL DRIVES FAIL! WOW I AM SO GLAD YOU TOLD ME!
>> WD called, they want their chapstick back!
Oh ffs,just listen to all you hard drive experts, lol.
Man has NEVER made a machine that will not eventually fail.
I'm so glad you lot don't work in the IT industry, particularly in my
company.
And BTW you don't need to be Einstein to see the bleeding obvious.
There is NEVER an excuse for not taking backups.
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