Russell Tiedt wrote in a message to Viktor Pilpenok:

 VP> Anyway why do those differences occur? Maybe it's the climate or
 VP> something? Or the drives sold here are not quite the same drives sold
 VP> elsewhere? Anyway, this looks odd...

 RT> I really don't know, I have a Seagate 545MB HDD here that I have
 RT> been using  since they came out, 10 - 13 years (?)

Come to think of it,  I have one of those too,  though it hasn't been in
continuous service.  Or was that 540 a Maxtor?  I forget.  Got Seagate,
Maxtor, Western Digital,  and Fujitsu in service here and the all just keep
on going...

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