Western Digital external drives

[Mike Holstein]

On Mar 15, 2013 12:10 PM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 11:52 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote:
> > All drives fail. I have actually had the best luck with wd brand..
> > though I'm sure chance could be just as much a factor as anything
> > else.
>
> :)
>
> I searched online and WD seems to be a good solution, but I missed a lot
> of information, after I got the drive, I found a lot of contrary claims.
>
> As I already mentioned before. What was valid for model A revison B with
> good or bad luck seldom is valid for a general claim about products from
> a vendor. Just a few vendors are known to be less good than other
> vendors, but I can't say what vendors that are regarding to HDDs.
>
> I even don't have a valid statistic for my personal experiences.
>
> One year I'm jobless or working at home, a girlfriend visiting me often
> so the drives are on 24/7, the other year I've got a job outside, I more
> often visit a girlfriend, so I turn the computer more often on and off.
> Drives most of the times die regarding to the count of spinning up and
> down.
>
>
>
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I would'nt worry about the brand much. They all fail. I would try and buy
"good value" drives and plan for failure, since they all will fail.
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