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Don[ald] O. Woodall wrote:
> 
>>      Meanwhile, I want to dream about a hugemongously
>> large IDE drive for backup purposes.
> 
>>      What brands do you folk recommend?
> 

Western Digital -- best I've ever had among them, Maxtor, and Seagate.

>>      What brands should I avoid?

Seagate. The slowest drive I've ever had to use is the Seagate on my office
machine. (It is also the nosiest.) That 4 GB thing is slower than a 1993(?)
1.2 GB WD. 

In any case, get Dani's driver and replace IBM's (*S506.ADD).

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