Which WD drives have you had good luck with?

I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...

--Simon

On 10 Oct 1997, John Goerzen wrote:

> I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital.
> Conner, I agree has horrible problems.
> 
> Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB,
> > Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but
> > seems to be very solid. I've never had any real problems with Quantum 
> > drives,
> > but I can say to stay away from any form of Conner/Seagate/Western Digital
> > drives. The failure rates are *horrible*. I've also heard many good things
> > about the recent IBM drives.
> > 
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