[ale] Maxtor drives

[James P. Kinney III]

On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 14:31, Preston Boyington wrote:
> don't think it is just you.
> i always wondered if the flag was more like:
> "if custmr_spprt = afterhrs then goto: screwem"

I think I saw this once when I ran strings on ntkernel.exe from win2kpro


> since it always seems to be midnight on a weekend when these things
> happen to me.
> 
> Preston
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Layton [mailto:jeffrey.b.layton at lmco.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:14 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Maxtor drives
> 
> 
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> 
> > > That's funny. I've had pretty good luck with WD and
> > > HORRIBLE luck with Seagate (I lose one about
> > > every 6 months and I only have 2).
> > >
> > > Jeff
> >
> > I have lost more data on WD than Seagate. It was easy to lose the
> data 
> > on the
> > WD, I just typed rm -rf . . . . That being said, I prefer Seagate.
> >
> 
> That's what I've heard as well (Seagate better than WD).
> I can't figure out why I've had such rotten luck. I've
> checked the temps on the drives and they are very cool
> (much better than the CPU). Maybe Seagate has implemented
> the infamous "if jeff_layton" flag that I seem to find in
> all of my codes :)
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Layton
> Senior Engineer - Aerodynamics and CFD
> Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta
> 
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> 
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