New 40GB HD Kinda whines on a Win98 PC Dare to use on Amiga?

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I have an old Maxtor that whines. I wouldn't trust it, as I've seen a lot of hard disks which seize up after whining for a while. That's even worse than a bad sector, as you can't get anything back.

If you absolutely must use it, make sure you take regular backups of whatever you put on it.

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moto

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marcfrick2112 wrote:
OK, Be completely frank, here. From what I have said about this HD, would you use it for all your Amiga data? All progs.,pics,sounds, music, etc.?

Absolutely not. Especially if you can't back it up. It might appear to be working fine, and then one day it won't spin up, and you've lost the lot.

marcfrick2112 wrote:Would I be better off getting a SCSI drive for more storage space? I have never personally had a SCSI drive fail on me....

SCSI drives are said more durable and better made than IDE disks. I would recommend replacing the disk. IDE drives are cheap these days, but if you can afford a SCSI disk and have a controller then  that would be a better option.

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moto

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I have always found Western Digital very reliable. I would avoid Fujitsu and IBM as they have caused me problems in the past, but no doubt others will disagree :-)

SCSI drives aren't that expensive. Try contacting AmigaKit. They sold me one for about £25 (I think it was about that - if it was more, then it wasn't much more.

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moto

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The drive I bought was 20GB, which is vast in Amiga terms IMO. I don't recall ever seeing them on their web site, but Matthew from Amigakit new I was after one so he let me know when he had some. If you contact him directly he can let you know if he still has any, and if not he can probably get you one.

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moto