I've got an external Maxtor 200Gb which rattles back and forth between home and work everyday and it's been 100% reliable for over a year now..... Ted -----Original Message----- From: orb-bounces+ted.tofield=plumpton.ac.uk@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+ted.tofield=plumpton.ac.uk@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of -<(:: jason ::)>- Sent: 22 November 2004 20:39 To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: Re: [Orb] ot hard drive death[Scanned] On 11/22/04 10:06 AM, "gel-sol@gel-sol.com" <gel-sol@gel-sol.com> wrote:

Mac...but its a lacie 200 G external. And its a mechanical failure. "Click, click, click."

The fucking thing broke less than a day after i bought it.

I know it doesn't help you now, but do not EVER buy the Maxtor 200GB drive or the Lacie external 200GB, as that is the drive inside. I had two in a row go South on me, the latest only a few weeks back with the same dreaded click click click. Those drives are CRAP, and my buddy @ Apple confirmed the same fact (they disqualified those drives due to early failure). Apparently that was just a bad drive, and it should be avoided @ all costs. _jason_ _________ ________ _______ _____ ____ ___ __ _ _ _ _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com