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To: ajbrenner who wrote (77031)4/13/2002 1:01:44 PM
From: fyodor_Respond to of 275872
 
ajb: FWIW I just defraged a Deskstar 40GB 7200 RPM drive yesterday that showed what I would consider a large number of bad sectors. Drive is only three months old and about 5% full.

That wouldn't happen to be the infamous IBM Deskstar 75GXP model, would it?

IBM Sued Over Hard Drive Quality
pcworld.com

IBM may face courts over faulty drive
vnunet.com

-fyo