Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12

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Subject: [Leica] backup backup backup
From: spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:17:34 -0500
References: <3e7573d41003112043o6e1aa9e8qc3551b4acfab6af9@mail.gmail.com> <FC69E687-7A17-4798-8E72-4122490E882B@mac.com> <038c01cac1f7$50683550$f1389ff0$@net> <73301d6b1003120723g38b61219i9ea7183827803dd2@mail.gmail.com> <7AF5D689-C114-448A-829A-1723D01BAB25@gmail.com> <039d01cac20e$c8b44af0$5a1ce0d0$@net>

Not just 1.5TB drives. I had a 250GB 3.5" drive die on me. The drive they 
sent me as warranty replacement had lots of hard errors. The drive that 
replaced the replacement drive still had hard errors. I mean really bad 
error. The replacement drives will not format properly if I tell it to write 
0's to all blocks. I am not touching Seagate 3.5" drive for a while. Not 
worth the hassle. Their QA process sucks big time.

Their 2.5" drive are suppose to be OK though older technology.

Currently using Western Digital drives in my laptop and NAS. So far so good.

All drives have some percentage failure. Some are just greater than others.

Leo, make sure your backup drives are heavy. Harder to fall of the desk. 
Also consider using 2.5" drives which is designed to take more abuse (like 
falls).

Regards,
Spencer

On Mar 12, 2010, at 13:06, Frank Filippone wrote:

> Reports are that it was the 1.5 TB drives that went sour..... the rest 
> were pretty bullet-proof.....and supposedly fixed now.....
> 



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