[G4] Tips for Buying a new Hard Drive

[Robert Hazelrigg]

I've replaced many drives over the years and of the IDE/ATA drive on 
the Market I prefer the Western Digital. That is except for "Caviar" 
models. Maxtor drives die on me very quick. I'vs had 2 die within a 
year. Seagate has always had quality SCSI drives but I only used one 
Seagate IDE. So far that works fine....
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Robert Hazelrigg
126 Whalepond Road
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
On Apr 29, 2004, at 5:57 PM, Richard Kriss wrote:

> I have two Western Digital hard drives in my G4-450 AGP (20 and 40) 
> and use
> the 40 as backup drive using Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC).  The old Western
> Digital drive is getting full and needs to be replaced.
>
> What are some of the things I should look for  in shopping for a new 
> drive
> other than price?
>
> The old 20 GB Western Digital (WDC WD205BA) has been great and I would 
> like
> the same drive with more storage.  The problem is there are so many
> different drives on the market (even WD models) it is hard to pick one.
>
> Yes, I know bigger is better but I really don't need the extra space.  
> The
> smallest I would consider is a 40 but something like an 80 or 120 
> sounds
> nice and they don't seem to be that much more expensive.
>
> Dick
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