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On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 05:03:09PM +1000, Sandra Milne wrote:

> hard drive (although if you can afford it i recommend an IBM glass platter 
> drive.... heavy, but very quiet and i've yet to hear from anyone who has 
> had a problem with one.

Do you talk to anybody?  IBM drives of late are infamous for their
high failure rate.

Do a search on google with terms like "ibm gxp high failure rate" and
you should be able to turn up a few pages that hint at the problem.

-pat
he who has one ibm drive in for warranty repair at the moment

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