Another Hardrive went down!

[Robert Sneidar]

WD had a problem with their one gig drives. Apple had to invoke a recall program for them because they put them into iMacs among other things, and the drives went bad typically before the warranty period was up, but many times just after. I also noticed they get hot. VERY hot. Too hot to hold if they are in an enclosure without adequate active cooling. I think there was a problem with their bearings. I have fried 2 of them. 

Their green series don't have this problem, but they run slower (to use less energy I suppose). But I agree. At present I think it's a good idea to steer clear of their 1gig+ drives until they figure out what is wrong. I favor Seagate right now. 

Bob


On Feb 8, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> Damn, I just had another Hard drive crash and burn. That's One computer and my two 'oldest' WD hard drives in two months. I will never buy another WD drive again. Period.