[Leica] Seagate

[zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)]

I know some don't like Lacie, but 9 Lacie drives, 0 problems in 6 years.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Manley" 
Subject: [Leica] Seagate


> LUG:
> 
> I've just had my second almost-new Seagate 1T external hard drive die 
> within a year.  Seagate used to be the most reliable.  I have several 
> 350 GB Seagates that are still going strong after 4 years.  I know 
> Seagate bought Maxtor or Maxtor bought Seagate so maybe they aren't 
> dependable anymore?  It is under warranty and will be replaced and I 
> had almost everything backed up, but it is a big nuisance and waste 
> of time to pack this thing up and ship it in and wait for a new one 
> (plus rescanning all of the slides I have scanned in the last week 
> and not backed up) :-(
> 
> I know all hard drives fail eventually but which one is the "Leica" 
> of hard drives?  Are there any that are more dependable? Are the 1T's 
> more likely to fail than a smaller capacity one?
> 
> Help.
> 
> Tina
> 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com