Re: Bad CRC

[Stephen J. Turnbull <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> ri == r ibbotson <r.ibbotson [at] zetnet.co.uk> writes:

>> One sentance: SEND IT BACK ;) It's probably damaged during
>> transit or something...

ri> of course... it does say IBM on the label on the hard drive.
ri> Looks like we are going back to the 1980s again ? I remember
ri> when sweetie wrappers were better storage devices than IBMs
ri> :-)

I won't deny you got a bad lot. but my experience, and that of
several others on Tokyo LUG, is that recent IBM drives, like
California wines, are rather reliable across the product line. Most
mfrs are like French wines, where model and serial number matter
greatly.

YMDV, sorry bout that.

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