Ken, stop your arrogant lying. No one said COD isn't real. The issue is how frequent it is. I believe it is less than 1%. 1% of 20M drives is 200,000. A large number to be sure. But a small percentage. That is what we are saying. Again, stop with your deliberate lies. Your already low credibility continues to deteriorate.
I have nothing but the greatest empathy for anyone who experiences computer hardware (or software) failure. It is a bitch. I just had a 2 year old WDC HD start acting up on me. Hasn't failed yet, but I'm scared. A few months ago, I had to replace a 1 year old IBM 6.4 GB HD. Before that, a Soundblaster graphics card, another WDC HD, a Seagate HD, multiple sound cards, Ditto tape media, Logitech wireless mouse, 3 CDROMS (NEC, Mitsumi and IOMagic) and a Cardinal modem. The ones with moving parts all died with clicking noises. Even a 6 month old fan died 2 months ago. About the only thing I haven't had die on me is my ATAPI Zip.
Of all these failures, only the 1 year old IBM HD was replaced free, and only out of the goodness of heart of a Fry's HD section manager, since the 30-day return was over. He wrote it up as though I had purchased the 3 year Fry's extension. He knew me well as a regular customer.
So Am I unlucky or lucky or both? Neither. I've lost no important data because it is always copied to multiple backups.
With technology, you must not just accept the occasional failure, but actively prepare for it. The best policy is to do regular backups, and always duplicate the backup on different media.
Jock, I'm sorry you had a bad experience with IOM, but look: you don't see me running to any of the above mentioned manufacturer's SI site tearing down the company because their product failed on me.
If you are not willing to do what it takes, you are doomed to experience unnecessary pain. |
