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chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote in
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> Frank le Spikkin <zaq@invalid.jp> wrote:
>
>>Odie Ferrous <odie_ferrous@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>news:414AFBF4.43EEB4D3@hotmail.com:
>>
>>> I have received 8 drives for recovery purposes. In the last
>>> two days.
>>>
>>> They have ALL been IBM Deskstars. Ranging in manufacturer
>>> date from 2001 to 2003.
>>>
>>Odie,
>>
>>I understood it was widely known that the Deskstar 75GXP range
>>had particular reliability problems, see here for example:
>>
>>http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=71
>
> The wackos get even more desperate.
> If he bothers to supply the URL then note the straws that
> they're grasping at.
>
> The only possible logical conclusion is that the vast majority
> of reports of multiple failures are bogus. One arrives at that
> conclusion by simple deduction and statistics.
>
> Any attempt to slime the best EIDE HD around or its predecessor
> is a disservice to the entire HD user community. There are few
> credible reports of 75GXP failures and many blatantly bogus
> ones.
>
> There are no reliability issues with any recent IBM drive.
>
> For the vast majority the 75GXP is fast and reliable.
>
> Nothing is wrong as generally they work just fine. There are
> very small numbers of reliable reports of 75GXP problems.
>
> Did your mamma's dog also have a bad batch of 75GXPs?
>
> There is no well known and reputable website nor news source
> that confirms any kind of problem with IBM Deskstar HDs. It's
> just a few web wackos making bogus claims.
>
> Nope there's nothin there but just wacko slime.
>
> Most everyone reports no problems at all and they are fast.
>
> Your anti-IBM slime campaign has now been widely discredited.
>
> That's flat false. Only the anit-IBM slimers so claim.
>
> Nope, there is a small cult of anti-IBM slimers running amok.
>
> The 75GXP is a great drive and very reliable.
>
> There are generally no problems with the Deskstar 75GXP. There
> are a few attempting a smear campaign.
>
> Said by a card carrying member of the anti-IBM slime campaign.
>
> Any given drive may fail in the field. In general the Deskstar
> 75GXP works very well and is quiet and reliable.
>
> The 75GXP and now 60GXP are reliable and fast drives and there
> is NO reputable information suggesting otherwise.
>
> Simply a slime attempt.
>
> Compared to the number shipped there are in fact very FEW
> reports of failures.
>
> There has been an ongoing slime attempt for several months now
> emanating from a storage site's forum. First the claims were
> that the Deskstar 75GXP had high failure rates and now that they
> couldn't make that bogus claim stick they've come up with this
> latest batch of slime against the 75GXP. It all comes from that
> weak storage site. It's all flat false.
>
> The burden of proof is on you and the other slimers.
>
> The anti-IBM slime wackos are getting shrill and desperate as it
> steadily becomes apparent that Deskstar 75GXPs don't NOT tend to
> fail and the wackos are being publicly eviscerated and
> humiliated. Fortunately they all line up on a daily basis for
> all to see who and what they are.
>
> There no smoke but just wacko gibber.
>
> That's just an anti-IBM slime campaign. The 75GXP including the
> 45GB is a good drive and many many use it with great success.
>
> Wacko. Anyone involved in a HD popularity poll is simply wacko.
>
> There are no significant problems with IBM HDs as has been
> clearly demonstrated.
>
> Another post by the same wacko slimers.
>
> IBM HDs are very reliable and there are few problems.
>
> Clueless. What if the 44% is the same six guys making multiple
> posts which is obviously the case with the slimer who originated
> from that website in the beginning..
>
> All bogus claims. The 75GXP works fine.
>
> The wackos seem to flock together.
>
> Just a few wackos making wild and unsubstantiated claims.
>
> A typical made up report by the same wackos with no USENET
> history..
>
> And like other members of the slime cult, you'd like to make
> the number of IBM failures look much larger than it is. Get a
> life.
>
> IBM HDs work just fine. There is no well known & reputable
> website nor news source that sugests otherwise. There is just a
> few wacko slimers trying to suggest that there are major
> problems with IBM HDs. Such is utterly bogus. They hate the
> fact that I've exposed their slime and so they stalk me at every
> opportunity.
>
> They simply just aren't here if we subtract your and a few other
> wackos' repetitive posts. Better luck next time.
>
> It'll be fine and have few problems just like the 75GXP.
>
> Pure nonsense. The slimers claim that these things are failing
> by the tuckload. It is clearly obvious to everyone that they
> are NOT failing in any significant quantities. The slime
> campaign is now debunked and the wackos went off to Jonestown
> and did a cult poll in frustration.
>
> All possible and could even explain a few multidrive failure
> reports. BUT othing supports an kind of mass failures that the
> wackos are claiming. Basically the 75GXP and 60GXP are fast and
> reliable HDs and there isn't the slightest evidence to suggest
> otherwise.
>
> However in this case there is wide spread verification that the
> 75GXP is very reliable and works just fine.
>
> HUH? There has been NO high failure rate in the last few
> months. There have been a number of bogus reports of failures.
>
> Again I see that the group of lunatic ranters has been coalesced
> in one place.
>
> Now we are getting the desperate ninnies distilled into one
> subthread.
>
> Ignore this recidivist wacko stalker.
>
> Clueless gibber.
>
> Clueless nonsense. IBM HDs work just fine and are very
> reliable.
>
> Make sure that you don't firget to post this twice a week for
> the next month or two you slimer.
>
> The clueless ninnies lineup up for us. Not one can provide any
> reference to any well known reputable website nor news source
> suggesting any problem with IBM HDs. The wackos have been well
> identified now.
>
> Utter nonsense. The 75GXP is very relaible and a few wackos
> have a posting history of such anti-IBM slime like you.
>
>>Subsequent Deskstar ranges did not suffer the same problems. Ibm
>>latterly stopped making them and sold out to Hitachi who now mfr
>>and sell 'em.
>
> Clueless....obviously you are a slimer.
>
Pathetic trolling, sunshine <plonk!>
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