In case you wonder how I know this... I sell the damned HD.
I see more WD with bad sectors or platter or head failures then SEAGATE.
spend the extra and get your self the Seagate Medalist.
Ivo Timmermans wrote:
> > > Western Digital (WDC AC21600H) IDE drive on a PCI IDE controller.
> > ...
> > In this case, I'd wonder if that WD drive is one of the buggy ones
> > that WD recalled last year..
>
> No, that was the AC31600H. I also have a 21600, and it works fine for
> about a year; no problems at all.
>
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> Ivo Timmermans