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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 21:14:11 +0200 (EET)
From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net>
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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: File system/disk recovery tools ?
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Michael Smith wrote:

> Luigi Rizzo stands accused of saying:
> 
> > one of our IDE disks failed (btw these WDC AC31600H are particularly
> > bad, we have had at least 10 failed units out of about 20; luckily
> > they come with a 3 yr guarantee!)
> 
> Hmm, we had one die on us too, similar errors.

	I'd add that WDC 31200 are no better -- 2 of them died on me
	since Jan. 1st.

	Is this kind of failure rate common to all those cheap IDE Western'
	drives?

Best regards,
Andrew Stesin

nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE