"Homer J" <amolasy@bellnet.ca> wrote in message
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> Thx for the candid comments.
>
> These are being used 24/7 for DVR recording.
>
> When Maxtor first introduced the 100GB drives, I replaced most of them
> within the first 6 months. Problem was that on the fly, controller would
> arbitrarily write to the drive without reading to see what it was doing -
> sort of not  looking before you leaping. Problem initially thought to be
the
> RTO/S (not Windoz) but turned out to be the IDE controller card was
> possessed.  Without too much arm twisting Maxtor, accommodated by
replacing
> the HDD's.
>
> They may be OK for conventional workstation use, however have an unnerving
> view on the majority of continuous duty HDD's out there. Anyone make a
> mil-spec'd drive - related to a Timex watch ???
>
> HJ

Yea Toshiba makes a very small hard drive currently used in the mini Ipod
however I don't think its designed for seriously heavy duty use, not sure
tho