[KLUG Hardware] problems with IBM/hitachi hard drives

[Mike Williams]

My problem with sudden failure of IBM/Hitachi hard drives has reached 
epic proportions.  I initially bought 2 drives, about 3 years ago.  I 
have now sent back, and had replaced, about 6 of them.  And that's 
really in a 2 year interval, as I mostly stopped using them after 2 
years of dismal reliability.  The 2nd to last one failed after 2 months 
of light use (after sitting on a shelf for several).  It's replacement 
didn't even last long enough to get the operating system installed! 

This message represents the opening salvo in my quest to drag the names 
of IBM 75gxp (the model number of the drives), IBM Storage (the company 
that originally made them), and Hitachi Global Storage Technology (the 
company that bought IBM's storage division and has continued to replace 
faulty drives with more faulty drives) through as much mud as I can 
manage.  May I have better luck tilting at windmills than the Man of La 
Mancha!