Hello Barry.

01 May 05 00:21, you wrote to me:

 PK>>> Of the 3 Hitachi drives I have had the longest one lasted 31
 PK>>> months, the shortest 14 months.......;-(

 RT>> Here , a mate of mine has lost 3 x Hitachi 160Gig. HDDS all
 RT>> within the first 6 weeks ....

 BB> Yikes! I hadn't realised there were such serious issues with the
 BB> Hitachi drives??

Seems it was only the 160 giggers that he was complaining about, so bitterly 
...

Also still wondering what effect regional distribution has, in who gets the 
"bad" HDD's. :-)

Russell

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